Research Article
Using Exploratory Focus Groups to Inform the Development of Targeted COPD Self-Management Education DVDs for Rural Patients
Table 2
Theme and subthemes for data and associated codes.
| Theme | Subthemes | Codes |
| Surviving and living well with COPD | | (i) Reduction in movement | - Adjusting physically to COPD | (ii) Inability to carry out activities of daily living | | (iii) Purposeful action | | (iv) Learning curve for limiting shortness of breath | - COPD self-management: | (v) Medication management |
adjusting physically | (vi) Limited behavioral modifications | | (vii) Smoking cessation difficulty | | (viii) Beliefs about origin of disease | - Coming to terms with COPD | (ix) Need for disease compliant lifestyle |
and the lifestyle | (x) Interest in attaining predisease quality of life | | (xi) Acknowledgement of progressive disease course |
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