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Table 2 Overview of themes and subthemes derived from the focus groups and survey

From: Participants’ perspectives on mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for inflammatory bowel disease: a qualitative study nested within a pilot randomised controlled trial

Main themes

Subthemes

Benefits from MBCT

MBCT as a healing/therapeutic process

MBCT as an educational process

MBCT as an inclusive process

Barriers for MBCT

Time

Travel

Expectations about MBCT

Open

Fixed