Table 3 Characteristics and example of Subtype B1

Characteristics of B1: Recurrent cross-sectional approach

- The aim is to describe subjective experiences across time

- Results are divided by time points according to the data collection and presented in chronological order

- Change is vaguely (or not at all) described in the results but is sometimes addressed in the discussion section

Example: Lawton and colleagues [28] interviewed people with diabetes before and after testing an insulin pump with a closed-loop system. The results were presented in two isolated category systems. One category system focused on expectations before testing the pump, and the second described the experiences and consequences of using the insulin pumps. This study provided knowledge about both expectations and experienced consequences, but there were few connections between the two parts of the results