Theme | Sub-theme | Code | Examples from patients |
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Understanding of Healing | Little understanding |  | “I didn’t really know what I was going into” P1 M IBS |
“I don’t know [anything about healing]” P2 F IBS | |||
“No, the only thing was what I read in the mail [newspaper]” P16 M UC | |||
Awareness of healing | Recommendation | “I have worked with a girl that used to be a beautician and she suggested different things…when Dr [name] mentioned it, I thought I would like to try it” P12 F UC | |
Previous knowledge or experience | “I am in the industry myself and that helps” P10 M UC | ||
“I have done Reiki in the past” P18 M IBS | |||
“I have had Reiki once before” P20 F IBS | |||
Expectation of Healing | Scepticism |  | “I must admit I was pretty much sceptical about it” P1 M IBS |
“I didn’t think it could heal you or anything like that” P19 F UC | |||
“Being realistic I know that nothing is going to cure it” P17 F UC | |||
Unsure of what to expect | No idea | “I didn’t know what to expect” P2 F IBS | |
“I didn’t really know, know what to expect before” P6 F IBS | |||
“I didn’t know what to expect” P13 F IBS | |||
“I wasn’t hoping it would heal me because that would be a miracle” P14 F UC | |||
Openness | Open to it | “I came in with an open mind” P19 F CD | |
“I went into it with an open mind…because I just wanted to see what would happen” P20 F IBS | |||
Some benefit | Being more calm or relaxed | “It has been [being relaxed has been achieved]” P5 F UC | |
“I think my stress may be [helped]” P16 M UC | |||
Sleep better | “To sleep a bit better than I did” P13 F IBS | ||
Hope that it could help | “If there was a benefit then it would help to relieve the symptoms” P18 M IBS | ||
“What I really wanted was to come off the tablets” P21 F IBS | |||
Was told it would be beneficial | “She [a friend who was a therapist] said you need healing a lot” P15 F IBS |