Sexual Behaviors and Intimate Relationships of Sexual Partners of Young Patients with Early-Stage Cervical Cancer: A Qualitative Study

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Table 1 Data Analysis Steps

Data Analysis	Description
1	Carefully read the interviews conducted by the researchers
2	Extract phrases or sentences related to sexual behavior and intimacy
3	To extract, generalize, and encode
4	Organize each important statement into a meaning unit and then refine it into a topic
5	Describe research phenomena in detail
6	Identify similar ideas and sublimate theme concepts
7	Identify similar ideas and Define blanket statements that summarize the participant’s sexual behavior and intimate relationships

Table 2 Executive Techniques and Applications

Standard	Executive Techniques and Applications
Reliability	Investigator triangulation: each data source was analyzed. Thereafter, team meetings were conducted during which the analyses were compared and themes were identified. Triangulation of data collection methods: including unstructured interviews, semi-structured interviews, and researcher field notes. Participant validation: this consisted of asking the participants to confirm the data obtained at the stages of data collection.
Transferability	In-depth descriptions of the study performed, providing details of the characteristics of researchers, participants, contexts, sampling strategies, and the data collection and analysis procedures.
Reliability	Audit by an external researcher: an external researcher assessed the study research protocol, focusing on aspects concerning the methods applied and the study design.
Confirmation	Investigator triangulation, data collection triangulation. Researcher reflexivity was encouraged via the previous positioning, performance of reflexive reports and by describing the rationale behind the study.

Table 3 Participant Characteristics and the Clinical and Demographic Characteristics of the Patients

Serial Number	Patient Age	Participant Age	Clinical Stages	Modus Operandi	Rural/Urban Dwelling
1	30	32	Cervical squamous cell carcinoma stage IB3	Extensive abdominal hysterectomy+Bilateral appendectomy+Retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy	Village/small town
2	35	37	Cervical squamous cell carcinoma stageIIA	Modified transabdominal radical hysterectomy+Bilateral salpingectomy+Retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy	Village/small town
3	38	35	Cervical small cell carcinoma stage IB2	Extensive abdominal hysterectomy+Retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy	Large town/city
4	36	36	Cervical squamous cell carcinoma stage IB2	Extensive abdominal hysterectomy+Bilateral appendectomy+Retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy	Large town/city
5	37	35	Cervical squamous cell carcinoma stage IB3	Extensive abdominal hysterectomy+Bilateral salpingectomy+Pelvic lymphadenectomy	Village/small town
6	32	33	Cervical squamous cell carcinoma stageIIA2	Extensive abdominal hysterectomy+Left appendectomy+Right salpingectomy+Pelvic lymphadenectomy	Large town/city
7	34	32	Cervical adenocarcinoma at stage IB1	Extensive abdominal hysterectomy+Bilateral appendectomy+Pelvic lymphadenectomy	Large town/city
8	30	28	Cervical adenocarcinoma at stage IB2	Extensive abdominal hysterectomy+Bilateral appendectomy+Pelvic lymphadenectomy	Large town/city
9	36	38	Cervical adenocarcinoma at stageIIB	Extensive abdominal hysterectomy+Bilateral appendectomy	Large town/city
10	38	36	Cervical squamous cell carcinoma stage IA	Laparoscopic extrafascial hysterectomy+Bilateral appendectomy	Large town/city
11	35	35	Cervical adenocarcinoma at stage IB1	Extensive abdominal hysterectomy+Left oophorectomy+Pelvic lymphadenectomy	Large town/city
12	37	36	Cervical squamous cell carcinoma stage IB3G3	Extensive abdominal hysterectomy+Bilateral appendectomy+Pelvic lymphadenectomy	Village/small town
13	38	39	Cervical adenocarcinoma at stage IB1	Extensive total hysterectomy + bilateral adnexectomy plus pelvic lymph node dissection under general anesthesia	Large town/city
14	34	33	Cervical squamous cell carcinoma stage IB1	Extensive transabdominal total hysterectomy + right salpingectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection under general anesthesia	Village/small town
15	35	35	Cervical squamous cell carcinoma stage IVB	No surgery	Large town/city