Sub-categories and examples of meaning units, condensed meaning units, and codes of the category ‘the COVID-19 pandemic raised the threshold for deciding to seek medical care’
| Meaning units . | Condensed meaning units . | Codes . | Sub-categories . |
|---|---|---|---|
| You didn't know much then, it felt as you were a little bit scared though… you had high blood pressure, age was not on your side, you were not in good condition, obesity… and… very overweight… so, you were a little bit worried, you didn't know how it worked… so//I kept away as much as possible, I didn't want to go there [to the emergency room]… | Being scared. Having high blood pressure, older age, no good condition, and obesity. Being worried and keeping away from healthcare | Fear of exposure Risk factors and exposure | The influence of the risk of exposure |
| You were a little bit afraid//so I kept away//I had a medical appointment checking my blood pressure which I cancelled because of… I didn't feel to be in the waiting room, because of the risk… we work for the government, so we had to follow recommendations since the beginning of March | Being afraid, keeping away | General recommendations (from work) | Following recommendations |
| Medical appointment was cancelled due to the risk of exposure and due to follow recommendations | |||
| I thought it was a sort of COVID-thing and I thought it was odd that I didn't have fever and then I didn't need to go to the hospital ond uhm… be in the hospital unnecessarily | Thought it was COVID with no fever, and no need to go to the hospital | Symptoms as COVID-19 | Perceiving symptoms as COVID-19 |
| I think most of all that, I had a picture that it was enormously overloaded in the health care system//… there would be crowds and [I] would be there with a lot of poor people being super sick, I felt they [health professionals] had a lot to do anyway… they didn't need me there too… | Picture of the overloaded healthcare system with crowds of very sick people | Overloaded healthcare | The media's influence |
| My wife is a physiotherapist//So, I had a well-qualified person that said to me that no we should not… take the risk or burden, the health care system, but instead wait for a while | The wife (physiotherapist) said not to burden the healthcare | Advice to wait | The influence of significant others |
| When I was there, with that pain, I could barely make it, I was nearly fainting. Then you didn't think of COVID | I could not barely make the pain and didn't think of COVID | The symptoms were superior | The decision to seek medical care |
| Meaning units . | Condensed meaning units . | Codes . | Sub-categories . |
|---|---|---|---|
| You didn't know much then, it felt as you were a little bit scared though… you had high blood pressure, age was not on your side, you were not in good condition, obesity… and… very overweight… so, you were a little bit worried, you didn't know how it worked… so//I kept away as much as possible, I didn't want to go there [to the emergency room]… | Being scared. Having high blood pressure, older age, no good condition, and obesity. Being worried and keeping away from healthcare | Fear of exposure Risk factors and exposure | The influence of the risk of exposure |
| You were a little bit afraid//so I kept away//I had a medical appointment checking my blood pressure which I cancelled because of… I didn't feel to be in the waiting room, because of the risk… we work for the government, so we had to follow recommendations since the beginning of March | Being afraid, keeping away | General recommendations (from work) | Following recommendations |
| Medical appointment was cancelled due to the risk of exposure and due to follow recommendations | |||
| I thought it was a sort of COVID-thing and I thought it was odd that I didn't have fever and then I didn't need to go to the hospital ond uhm… be in the hospital unnecessarily | Thought it was COVID with no fever, and no need to go to the hospital | Symptoms as COVID-19 | Perceiving symptoms as COVID-19 |
| I think most of all that, I had a picture that it was enormously overloaded in the health care system//… there would be crowds and [I] would be there with a lot of poor people being super sick, I felt they [health professionals] had a lot to do anyway… they didn't need me there too… | Picture of the overloaded healthcare system with crowds of very sick people | Overloaded healthcare | The media's influence |
| My wife is a physiotherapist//So, I had a well-qualified person that said to me that no we should not… take the risk or burden, the health care system, but instead wait for a while | The wife (physiotherapist) said not to burden the healthcare | Advice to wait | The influence of significant others |
| When I was there, with that pain, I could barely make it, I was nearly fainting. Then you didn't think of COVID | I could not barely make the pain and didn't think of COVID | The symptoms were superior | The decision to seek medical care |
Sub-categories and examples of meaning units, condensed meaning units, and codes of the category ‘the COVID-19 pandemic raised the threshold for deciding to seek medical care’
| Meaning units . | Condensed meaning units . | Codes . | Sub-categories . |
|---|---|---|---|
| You didn't know much then, it felt as you were a little bit scared though… you had high blood pressure, age was not on your side, you were not in good condition, obesity… and… very overweight… so, you were a little bit worried, you didn't know how it worked… so//I kept away as much as possible, I didn't want to go there [to the emergency room]… | Being scared. Having high blood pressure, older age, no good condition, and obesity. Being worried and keeping away from healthcare | Fear of exposure Risk factors and exposure | The influence of the risk of exposure |
| You were a little bit afraid//so I kept away//I had a medical appointment checking my blood pressure which I cancelled because of… I didn't feel to be in the waiting room, because of the risk… we work for the government, so we had to follow recommendations since the beginning of March | Being afraid, keeping away | General recommendations (from work) | Following recommendations |
| Medical appointment was cancelled due to the risk of exposure and due to follow recommendations | |||
| I thought it was a sort of COVID-thing and I thought it was odd that I didn't have fever and then I didn't need to go to the hospital ond uhm… be in the hospital unnecessarily | Thought it was COVID with no fever, and no need to go to the hospital | Symptoms as COVID-19 | Perceiving symptoms as COVID-19 |
| I think most of all that, I had a picture that it was enormously overloaded in the health care system//… there would be crowds and [I] would be there with a lot of poor people being super sick, I felt they [health professionals] had a lot to do anyway… they didn't need me there too… | Picture of the overloaded healthcare system with crowds of very sick people | Overloaded healthcare | The media's influence |
| My wife is a physiotherapist//So, I had a well-qualified person that said to me that no we should not… take the risk or burden, the health care system, but instead wait for a while | The wife (physiotherapist) said not to burden the healthcare | Advice to wait | The influence of significant others |
| When I was there, with that pain, I could barely make it, I was nearly fainting. Then you didn't think of COVID | I could not barely make the pain and didn't think of COVID | The symptoms were superior | The decision to seek medical care |
| Meaning units . | Condensed meaning units . | Codes . | Sub-categories . |
|---|---|---|---|
| You didn't know much then, it felt as you were a little bit scared though… you had high blood pressure, age was not on your side, you were not in good condition, obesity… and… very overweight… so, you were a little bit worried, you didn't know how it worked… so//I kept away as much as possible, I didn't want to go there [to the emergency room]… | Being scared. Having high blood pressure, older age, no good condition, and obesity. Being worried and keeping away from healthcare | Fear of exposure Risk factors and exposure | The influence of the risk of exposure |
| You were a little bit afraid//so I kept away//I had a medical appointment checking my blood pressure which I cancelled because of… I didn't feel to be in the waiting room, because of the risk… we work for the government, so we had to follow recommendations since the beginning of March | Being afraid, keeping away | General recommendations (from work) | Following recommendations |
| Medical appointment was cancelled due to the risk of exposure and due to follow recommendations | |||
| I thought it was a sort of COVID-thing and I thought it was odd that I didn't have fever and then I didn't need to go to the hospital ond uhm… be in the hospital unnecessarily | Thought it was COVID with no fever, and no need to go to the hospital | Symptoms as COVID-19 | Perceiving symptoms as COVID-19 |
| I think most of all that, I had a picture that it was enormously overloaded in the health care system//… there would be crowds and [I] would be there with a lot of poor people being super sick, I felt they [health professionals] had a lot to do anyway… they didn't need me there too… | Picture of the overloaded healthcare system with crowds of very sick people | Overloaded healthcare | The media's influence |
| My wife is a physiotherapist//So, I had a well-qualified person that said to me that no we should not… take the risk or burden, the health care system, but instead wait for a while | The wife (physiotherapist) said not to burden the healthcare | Advice to wait | The influence of significant others |
| When I was there, with that pain, I could barely make it, I was nearly fainting. Then you didn't think of COVID | I could not barely make the pain and didn't think of COVID | The symptoms were superior | The decision to seek medical care |
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