Table 2 Thematic synthesis
From: Family & bystander experiences of emergency ambulance services care: a scoping review
Stage of Thematic Synthesis | Description of actions |
|---|---|
Stage One: Line-by-Line Coding | Line-by-line coding of results was completed in NVivo. This process resulted in a total of 153 initial codes |
Stage Two: Development of Descriptive Themes | Codes created during stage one were then reviewed for similarities and differences and were organised into groups. New codes were created to represent the grouped codes creating our descriptive themes., resulting in the creation of 16 of descriptive themes |
Stage Three: Development of Analytical Themes | Researchers applied descriptive themes to answer the initial review questions. Five overarching analytical themes were created as a result of this process |