Table 4 Examples from step 2 to 5 of the analysis of interviews

Others

Geography and practical matters

Try out

Repetitions

Body-consciousness

Fear

Exchange of experience

Cohesion

Patient stories

Ergonomics

Tacit knowledge

New habits

Theme: Surroundings

Codes: Others

Theme: Family and friends

Codes: Others

Theme: Training community

Essence: Training community is a contextual factor covering family, friends, or citizens the participants do physical exercises with

Theme: Distance and duration

Codes: Geography and practical matters

Theme: Transport

Codes: Geography and practical matters

Theme: Transport

Essence: Transport is a contextual factor covering the distance from the participants’ homes to the location where patient education is conducted

Theme: Try out

Codes: Try out, Repetitions, Body-consciousness

Theme: Try out

Codes: Try out, Body-consciousness

Theme: Recognizability

Essence: Recognizability is a mechanism describing how the participants recognize the physical feeling of, e.g., exercises after they have practiced those exact exercises

Theme: Fear

Codes: Fear

Theme: Fear and reassurance

Codes: Fear

Theme: Reassurance

Essence: Reassurance is a mechanism that describes how the participants are reassured during patient education. They are reassured because they may be afraid of, e.g., fracturing their bones

Theme: Interaction

Codes: Cohesion, Patient stories, Exchange of experience

Theme: Peer reflection

Codes: Patient stories, Exchange of experience

Theme: Peer reflection

Essence: Peer reflection is a mechanism describing how the participants can see themselves in one another, e.g., when they exchange experiences

Theme: New habits

Codes: Ergonomics, Tacit knowledge, New habits

Theme: New ergonomic habits

Codes: Ergonomics, Tacit knowledge, New habits

Theme: Ergonomic habits

Essence: Ergonomic habits is an outcome covering the participants learning how to move ergonomically, e.g., regarding cleaning, cooking, and gardening