Lived experiences of everyday life during curative radiotherapy in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer: A phenomenological study

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Table I The three phases of the data analysis.

1. Phase Reading and rereading of transcripts		2. Phase Grouping of meaning units into clusters	3. Phase Assembling the clusters of meaning in patterns
Excerpt from interview	Content	Meaning unit	Constituent
“… my body said stop, I felt that … so I told myself that I could just do it tomorrow …”	The side effects of the radiotherapy treatment are so disabling that the body says stop and the participant accepts that	Acceptance of a limited physical ability	A struggle for acceptance of an altered everyday life
“… yes it has been tough, because I haven't had the energy to do anything else than radiotherapy …”	The participant acknowledges that he only has energy to get the treatment

Figure 1.  The essential meaning structure of hope for recovery serving as a compass through the changed everyday life and the four constituents.