Table 5 Categories and issues for the theme of “Perceptions of quality of life among female medical residents”
Category | Issues | Examples |
|---|---|---|
Satisfaction/happiness | Achieving aims Positive view of life | “I think it comes from being happy, happy and fulfilled in what you’re doing. Like at work, and at residency. I think coming home feeling good, feeling that you were supported, feeling that you achieved what you wanted to achieve.” “It’s you searching for a little bit of happiness in your day, like, you get home and feel good and feel happy. For me, I think this is the concept of quality of life.” |
Balance/harmony | Work and leisure in harmony | “Quality of life is being able to fulfill your obligations, like, as a citizen who can determine their financial life, but at the same time you’re able to enjoy your leisure, without one thing affecting the other, and while maintaining a balance between the two.” |
Health | Sleep Eating habits | “Quality of life is getting a chance to sleep.” “Quality of life is getting through the residency without having to suffer discomfort because of it.” |
Free time | Leisure, relationships, study, physical activity | “To have quality of life you need to have time to do what you like.” |
Interrelation of several life aspects | Social, affective, work and health | “Quality of life is doing things that I enjoy, having time for myself, having time to do things I like, for my family and also having quality of life at work.” |