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Table 3 Coding Scheme for Theme 1

From: Rheumatoid Arthritis Portrayal by UK National Newspapers 2011–2016: A Service User - Led Thematic Analysis of Language Used

Code

Number of Articles

[n = (%)]*

Number of References

[n=]

The number of references by tabloid/middle market or broadsheet

[n = (%)]

Newspapers with the highest number of references

[n = (%)]

Attack

38 (26)

49

Tabloid/Middle Market 39 (80)

Broadsheet

10 (20)

Daily Express 29 (59)

Daily Mail 17 (35)

Painful

33 (22)

47

Tabloid/Middle Market 41 (87) Broadsheet 6 (13)

Daily Mirror 18 (38)

Daily Express 11 (23)

Crippling

29 (20)

33

Tabloid/Middle Market

32 (97)

Broadsheet

1 (3)

Daily Express

20 (61)

Daily Mirror 6 (18)

Agony

25 (17)

32

Tabloid/Middle Market

30 (94)

Broadsheet

2 (6)

Daily Express

21 (66)

Daily Mail

3 (9)

Daily Mirror

3 (9)

Incurable

24 (16)

31

Tabloid/Middle Market 28 (90) Broadsheet 3 (10)

Daily Express 14 (45)

Daily Mirror 7 (23)

Destroying

12 (8)

18

Tabloid/Middle Market 16 (89) Broadsheet 2 (11)

Daily Express 11 (61) Daily Mirror 3 (17)

Debilitating

11 (7)

12

Tabloid/Middle Market 10 (83) Broadsheet 2 (17)

Daily Express 5 (42)

Daily Mail 3 (25)

Misery

8 (5)

8

Tabloid/Middle Market 7 (87) Broadsheet 1 (13)

Daily Express 5 (62)

Daily Mirror

2 (25)

Struggle

7 (5)

10

Tabloid/Middle Market

10 (100)

Broadsheet

0 (0)

Daily Mirror 4 (10)

Daily Mail 3 (10)

Battle

3 (2)

5

Tabloid/Middle Market

3 (60) Broadsheet

2 (40)

Mail on Sunday 2 (40) Sunday Telegraph 2 (40)

Excruciating

3 (2)

4

Tabloid/Middle Market 4 (100) Broadsheet 0 (0)

Daily Mirror 4 (100)

Ravaging

2 (1)

2

Tabloid/Middle Market

1 (50)

Broadsheet

1 (50)

Mail on Sunday 1 (50)

Sunday Telegraph 1 (50)

Devastating

2 (1)

2

Tabloid/Middle Market 2 (100) Broadsheet 0 (0)

Daily Express 2 (100)

Unrelenting

1 (1)

1

Tabloid/Middle Market 1 (100) Broadsheet 0 (0)

Daily Mail 1 (100)

Scourge

1 (1)

1

Tabloid/Middle Market

1 (100)

Broadsheet

0 (0)

Daily Mirror 1 (100)

  1. *Percentage calculated where total number of articles analysed n = 147