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Table 3 The meanings of kininaru-kodomo (KK) obtained during the fieldwork phase

From: A hybrid concept analysis of children of concern: Japanese healthcare professionals’ views of children at a high risk of developmental disability

Categories

Codes

Children with the capacity for positive change

Children who can catch up with support

Children whose possible DDs become less severe over time

Children with ambiguous support needs

Children whose behavioral characteristics can be considered as innate or acquired

Children who fall into a gray area of possible DD

Children whose needs assessments do not agree between professionals

Children with a new type of disability

Children with a currently increasing type of ASD

Children who have less severe disabilities than disabled children in the past

Children whose parents require parenting support

Children whose parents have their own medical and social problems

Children whose parents have never accepted their child’s possible disability

Children whose parents are supported by intentionally not informing them of possible disability