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Table 1 Example of abstracting the content in the text into categories

From: Supportive and non-supportive interactions in families with a type 2 diabetes patient: an integrative review

Meaning unit

Condensed meaning unit

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Category

“When we go out to dinner or we go on trips or anything like that, he is even stricter than me sometimes. He’ll say, ‘well my wife can’t do that’. That helps me cope with the situation, and he is very happy to stay here at home where I can fix meals that I can eat” [41]

Help coping with the situation, stay at home to prepare meals

Preparing meals at home

Impact of practical actions