Table 2 Colaizzi’s steps as employed in the data analysis process
Colaizzi’s Steps | Application in the Study |
|---|---|
1. Reading and re-reading the transcript | Transcripts were read several times to ensure familiarity with the content. |
2. Extracting significant statements | Ideas, thoughts and feelings that disclosed participant experiences in line with our study objectives were highlighted and extracted. |
3. Formulating meanings from significant statements | Similar phrases were noted and recorded, noting their lines and pages. These identified similar phrases helped to group, retrieve, organize, and analyze the data. Meanings were formulated from the significant statements. All researchers had frequent discussions on the formulated meanings and compared them with the data to ensure consistency. |
4. Clustering formulated meanings into themes | Upon reaching a consensus on the formulated meanings, similar phrases were grouped to reflect a unique structure of cluster of themes using the QoL model applied to family caregivers. Grouped clusters of themes that reflected significant concepts were merged to form a theme, according to the constructs of the QoL model applied to family caregivers. |
5. Developing an exhaustive description of the phenomenon based on themes | The meanings of the themes were studied and then integrated into comprehensive descriptions of the lived experiences of family caregivers of children with ESKD. |
6. Description of fundamental structure of the phenomenon | The descriptions of the meanings of experiences of family caregivers of children with ESKD were examined and formulated into concise statements based on the exhaustive descriptions. Frequent discussions were held among all researchers until a consensus was reached that the statements truly reflected the experiences of family caregivers of children with ESKD. |
7. Verification of the fundamental structure. | Validation of the findings was sought from the study participants. Nine participants were contacted with the findings and all confirmed that the interpretations of the findings were true reflections of their experiences. |