Table 3.
Overview of the coding results based on all comments about the website by participants.
| Codes | Description (based on all comments relating to the code) |
| General impression | Comments about using the whole website, including the first impression of the website. |
| Side effects overview | Comments about the side effects overview (eg, both finding it and the layout of the page). |
| Login | Comments about the login process and alternatives. |
| Medication overview | Comments about the medication overview and its use. |
| Navigation | Comments about website navigation (eg, searching/finding certain information and linking to external websites). |
| Missing information | Comments about information categories participants felt needed to be added. |
| BMI calculation tool | Comments about the BMI calculation tool (eg, name and use of the tool). |
| Separation of asthma and COPDa | Comments about the separation of information on smoking and BMI for asthma and COPD on the website. |
| Physical activity | Comments about exercise and the different types practiced. |
| Effects of asthma and COPD | Personal experiences of how asthma or COPD affects daily function. |
| Medication | All medication-related comments. |
| Information about side effects | Comments about the various sources of information for medication side effects related to COPD and asthma (eg, medication leaflets), including the use of those sources. |
| Inhaled medication | Comments about using inhaled medications and the importance of information about the inhaler technique. |
| Medication use | Comments about experiences with any medication used (excluding inhaled medication). |
| Medication access by caregivers | Comments about access to medication by other care workers. |
| Regularity of medication intake | Comments about the importance of regular or timely medication use. |
| Irrelevant information | Comments about information that participants felt did not need to be included on the website. |
| Smoking | Comments about smoking (eg, information, association with symptoms, and quitting). |
| Smoking cessation | Specific comments about why quitting smoking is important and about the information provided on quitting. |
| Questionnaire | Comments about familiarity with and the use of questionnaires for monitoring COPD and asthma. |
| Caregivers | Comments about visits and information from caregivers (eg, nurses, general practitioners, pulmonologists, rehabilitation doctors, and pharmacists). |
aCOPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.