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. 2023 Oct 3;7:e44028. doi: 10.2196/44028

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.