*2.3. Data Analysis*

Transcripts were analysed by two experienced qualitative researchers using the framework approach described by Ritchie and Spencer [30]. Framework analysis uses a systematic approach of

data management to provide coherence and structure within the analysis process [30,31]. Passages of text representing repeated themes were identified and assigned headings according to the context and coded to several relevant categories to reduce the likelihood of missing key points. The data were then synthesised in sub-headings identified from the thematic analysis [30]. This approach is useful in enhancing the rigour, transparency and validity of the analytic process [32]. The analysis was both inductive, with categories emerging purely from the data and deductive, with categories derived from prior knowledge [33].
