Table 3 Main categories, generic categories and subcategories
From: Non-participation in mammographic screening – experiences of women from a region in Sweden
Main categories | Generic categories | Subcategories |
|---|---|---|
Doubts regarding mammographic screening and its organisation | Lack of trust in mammographic screening equipment and its arrangements | Different mammographic screening possibilities |
Secure and reliable mammogram and apparatus | ||
Ambivalent appreciation for mammographic screening | Appreciation for benefit and purpose | |
Personal and professional treatment | ||
Sense and sensibility in the decision to refrain | Physical and psychological tensions | Approaches related to mammogram |
Unmanageable pain and knowledge | ||
Rationalisation when deciding to refrain from mammographic screening | Trust in self-awareness of the body and risk assessment | |
Diminishing of own needs | ||
Dependency and options | Importance of flexible and individually adapted systems and solutions | Service-adapted operation and local representation |
Unsatisfying individual solutions and degree of participation | ||
Insufficient possibilities to influence external circumstances and the women’s own priorities | Resource demands in relation to value | |
Strenuous distance and transports for attendance |