Table 2 Overview themes and subthemes
Patient experiences with the treatment | Subthemes |
|---|---|
Positive experiences of the treatment | Experienced physical effects |
Comfort | |
Therapeutic relationship | |
Receiving information | |
Learning about the brain | |
No burden of added TMS treatment session | |
No unpleasant aspects | |
Concerns | Effects of stimulation of the brain |
Equipment (chair and coil) | |
Logistics | |
Participation in an RCT | |
General experience of recovery | |
Experienced psychological effects | Grateful |
Sense of purpose | |
Recovery as extra motivation to exercise | |
Disappointment and hope of group allocation | |
Motivation to participate | Personal benefit and cognitions |
Altruism | |