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Table 1 Coding process

From: Quality of life among Iranian major depressive disorder patients: a qualitative study

Main category

Subcategories

Codes

Meaning units

Finding peace with spirituality

Peace of mind through worship

Request to God

Participant 5: “I require God to cleanse my life from pollution and immorality.”

Thanking God

Participant 8: “I thank God for giving me that motherly feeling”

Intimacy with God

Proximity to God

Participant 6: “I want to be closer to God”

Companionship with God

Participant 9: “Every day I talk to God”

Religious lifestyle

Pray

Participant 8: “I pray a lot.”

Recitation and listening to the Quran

Participant 7: “I recite the Quran. I listen to the Quran.”