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Table 3 Example of coding of positive evaluations, based on word frequency

From: Reproducing normative femininity: Women’s evaluations of their birth experiences analysed by means of word frequency and thematic analysis

Words (number of times used)

Codes

Preliminary theme

Staff (49), the staff (43), the staff’s (1), operating room staff (1), professions (1), they/you [the staff] 11, midwife (28), the midwife (28), the midwife’s (1), midwives (6), the midwives (4), student midwife (2), doctor (4), physician (1), the anaesthesiologist (1), nurse (1), nurses (3), assistant nurse (1), the assistant nurse (1), assistant nurses (1), the assistant nurses (1)

Staff a (106), midwife (69), physician (6), nurse (4), assistant nurse (4)

The midwife being central to the woman’s birth experience

  1. a Birthing women, or patients in general, may not always be aware of the job title of the caregiver, offering an explanation to why many of them wrote ‘staff’ instead of ‘midwife’. As there were no nurses present in this specific labour ward we have interpreted ‘staff’ and ‘nurse’ as ‘midwife’ if not otherwise specified