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Table 2 Description of the main topics discussed in the theme worry, need reassurance. Numbers and frequency in the category and among all codes

From: Motivations of the participants who post a message in an online health forum: a qualitative and quantitative descriptive study in French health forum Doctissimo

WORRY, NEED REASSURRANCE (N = 1066)

Number of codes, N

Percentage in the category, %

Percentage among all codes, %

Deviation from standard

522

49.0

13.6

Including

 Symptoms

386

36.2

10.0

 Biological signs test results

67

6.3

1.7

 Feeling of behavioral or physical abnormality

47

4.4

1.2

 Feeling of loss of control

22

2.1

0.6

Anticipation, event preparation, risk assessment

398

37.3

10.4

Including

 Evolutionary process

197

18.5

5.1

 Having severe illness

103

9.7

2.7

 Surgical intervention, future medical contact, hospitalization

59

5.5

1.5

 Life choice, life event

39

3.7

1.0

Treatment or substance and side effect

76

7.1

2.0

Diagnosis and therapeutic errancy

70

6.6

1.8