Table 3 Organization of themes
From: Women’s perspectives of the fetal fibronectin testing process: a qualitative descriptive study
Overarching theme | Themes | Sub-themes |
|---|---|---|
Seeking reassurance | 1. Feeling reassured by being assessed in a birthing unit | 1.1 Birthing unit environment |
1.2 Reassuring talk | ||
2. Hoping for reassurance from the test | 2.1 Needing clear explanations | |
2.2 Needing a support person while waiting for the results | ||
3. Re-defining reassurance after learning the results | 3.1 Negative fFN testing results | |
3.2 Positive fFN testing results |