| Categories | Codes |
| Anxiety about not being hired | Thought I wouldn’t be hired. |
| Because I thought I wouldn’t be hired. | |
| I wouldn’t be hired if I disclosed the illness. | |
| Thought I wouldn’t be hired. | |
| Because it was possible I wouldn’t be hired. | |
| Because I wouldn’t be hired if I disclosed the disease. | |
| I thought I would be fired. | |
| I wanted to be employed. | |
| I didn’t want to fail. | |
| I would be in trouble if I was turned down. | |
| I thought I wouldn’t be hired if I disclosed it. | |
| I was denied when I disclosed the disease before. | |
| I thought I wouldn’t be hired. | |
| Anxiety about unfavorable treatment | Thought I’d be disadvantaged. |
| Because then I wouldn’t get high wages. | |
| I thought I would have poorer working conditions or wages. | |
| Lack of awareness of illness | I wasn’t aware. |
| Not feeling the need to disclose | No need. |
| I didn’t tell because there was no need to disclose the disease. |