Table 2 Coding process
Step 1 | Rater 1 read all de-identified texts twice (AK) |
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Familiarisation | Notes taken to manually develop an initial coding book |
Draft 1 developed by Rater 1 (AK) | |
Step 2 Coding book development | Draft 1 of coding book, plus a single, de-identified text, sent to Rater 2 (KT) |
Coding book refined by AK and KT | |
Draft 2 of coding book sent to Rater 3 (BV) | |
Another de-identified text emailed to all coders All raters manually coded this text with Draft 2 | |
Online meeting held between raters to refine coding book through discussion | |
Final version of coding book confirmed | |
Step 3 Final coding process | Final version of coding book, plus remaining de-identified texts emailed to all raters Final version of coding book used to manually code all texts (Additional file 2) |
Rater 1 (AK) coded all texts (n = 20) | |
Raters 2 and 3 (KT and BV) coded four additional texts each (n = 8) |