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Table 1 Overview and the PTE five step process

From: Group based video-conferencing for adults with depression: findings from a user-led qualitative data analysis using participatory theme elicitation

PTE five step process*

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Data Selection

Capacity Building

Data Sorting

Data Grouping

Analysis and Interpretation

Selection of representative quotes from qualitative data

Training of co-researchers

Sorting quotes into piles

Network analysis of user piles

Group discussion and review of network diagram and groupings

Time taken to complete: 2-3 h**

Time taken to complete: 2 h

Time taken to complete: 2 h

Time taken to complete: 5–10 min

Time taken to complete: 2 h

  1. *There are no prescribed time limits within any of the five steps
  2. **These times are representative of the current project only but may serve as a useful guide