The experience of sudden loss of a colleague or neighbor following the MH17 plane crash in the Ukraine: a qualitative interview study

Table 2 Descriptive coding tree from the findings of the investigated themes

Relationship to victim	The day of the disaster	The first weeks	Identification	18 months after the incident	Commemoration: The first period	Commemoration: 18 months after the incident	Practical consequences	Unlike a car accident	Media attention	Attending national commemoration event
Close	Disbelief	Focus on work /distraction	Informed by family or manager	Recovering slowly	Activities varied	Missing coworkers	Work continuation	Unfair	Hard to escape	Not attending
Bond	Sadness	Sleep problems	Avoidance	Missing the victim	Flowers and candles	Compassion	Privacy issues	Uncertainty	Excessive	Need to be acknowledged / recognized
Trust	Denial	Headaches	Searching for information		Memorial	Dilemmas	Confronting what the victims left behind	Hard to understand	Stressful
Intensity varies	Anger	Pain	Poorly informed		Meetings	Workload reduction		Extreme	Blame games
Friend	Shock	Feeling sad				Days off
		Health care utilization/ medication				Avoidance

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