Adaptation of patients diagnosed with human papillomavirus: a grounded theory study

Table 2 The demographic characteristics of the healthcare providers and the patients’ spouses

No.	Gender	Age	Occupation	Work experience (yrs.)	Education
1	Woman	39	Counselor/midwife	11	Bachelor’s degree
2	Woman	37	Counselor/psychologist	14	Master’s degree
3	Woman	69	Doctor	45	OB & GYN, Gynecology Oncology
4	Man	50	Doctor	25	General practitioner
5^a	Woman	45	A patient’s wife-homemaker	–	High school diploma
6^a	Woman	38	A patient’s wife-homemaker	–	High school diploma
7^b	Woman	32	A patient’s wife-office clerk	–	Bachelor’s degree
8	Man	43	Doctor	7	Dermatologist
9^a	Man	36	A patient’s husband-self-employed	–	Bachelor’s degree

^aAt the time of the interviews, these patients’ spouses did not have any symptoms of HPV and had not run any diagnostic tests, so their infection status was undetermined
^bThese patients’ spouses had tested negative for HPV

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