Lifestyle changes – a continuous, inner struggle for women with type 2 diabetes: A qualitative study

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Table I. The phenomenological research method described by Giorgi and examples from the study.

Step	Content	Example
1	Collecting of verbal data	Ten interviews were made with the objective to describe how individuals handle necessary lifestyle changes due to a chronic disease, using diabetes as a model
2	Read all transcripts several times. Gain a global sense of the phenomenon	All interviews were read until the researcher gained a holistic view of the data
3	Divide data into parts. Identify meaning units sensitive to the discipline of the researcher. Elaborate and redefine into themes until all text is analyzed	“I think about it all the time; if it continues like this, the children soon won't have a mother, the way I am leading my life” Other people close to the person are involved in the experience of making lifestyle changes
4	Transformation of everyday language of the informants into the perspective of the researcher with emphasis on the phenomenon being investigated. Use free imaginative variation	Social processes and cultural traditions get others involved The ambiguous feeling of others’ involvement
5	Synthesis of themes into an essence or general structure. general structure.general structure.	A continuous inner struggle