| Units of Meaning (“what is said”) |
Units of Significance (“what is spoken about”) |
Sub-Themes | Main Themes |
|---|---|---|---|
| “This is my chance to find out; what the heck, if it’s not detected, it will only get worse”. (ID 2) “Now, I don’t know anything about this whether you should eat more calcium or whatever. But if something could be done for the children milk and the like, it’s just to get started.“ (ID 4) “Well, but I believe that if I’d said “No, that’s not for me”, I would regret it later ‘what if this or what if that ‘ Now things are going to get cleared up. Had I refused it, I’d never stop wondering if I done the right thing.” (ID 3) |
A feeling of relief at being given the opportunity to have the DXA A focused attention on own and family’s bone health. A readiness for information on how to prevent further fractures through a change of lifestyle. The benefits of knowledge are found to be stronger than the benefits of ignorance. |
Reasons for being tested Early disease detection Increased concern or a changed behaviour Need for knowledge and fear of consequences Early disease detection |
The “obvious” choice |
| “I might learn to live without football, but perhaps there are other things that I do now that I should stop doing that wouldn’t be fun at all.” (ID 8) “If I hadn’t agreed to being examined, I would worry about it being severe.” (ID 7) |
An increased concern imagining a life with osteoporosis as different from a previous lifestyle. Information, especially on the physical aspects of osteoporosis, is requested. The feeling that declining the offer of DXA would be more harmful than the confrontation with a (potentially positive) result. |
Increased concern or a changed behaviour Need for knowledge and fear of consequences |
Causing worry about illness in healthy people |