Fig. 1From: “I had the feeling that I was trapped”: a bedside qualitative study of cognitive and affective attitudes toward noninvasive ventilation in patients with acute respiratory failureCognitive attitudes toward noninvasive ventilation before, during and after the first noninvasive ventilation experience, according to the evaluative assertion analysis coding (see “Methods” for details). The maximum score of 3 denotes “extremely positive” attitude. The minimum score of − 3 denotes “extremely negative” attitude. The boxes represent the interquartile range (IQR) with indication of the median, the whiskers represent 1.5 * IQR. The observed differences did not reach statistical significanceBack to article page