Table 3.
Example responses on variable relevance, in participants’ own words
| Variable | Response |
|---|---|
| Step count | |
| Relevant | “I do because steps, well, the steps could be taken in moderation. But steps could also be taken with excessive exercise. If I go from 5,000 steps to now 10,000 steps, was I just walking at a nice pace? I think it’ll show you a change of where I am normally, where I am not engaged or maybe I felt lousy, very lousy that day and I was exhausted, needed bed. Well…that’s probably why.” (ID:16) |
| “Yeah, I say it would because you would just see how active a person is during the day. I mean, it would show…I suppose it captures even if you’re just doing housework and walking around the house, say, it would show how active you are. I think that would be quite useful to see sort of in total how many steps you do every day, and whether you do the same sort of amount of steps or not, or whether there are marked differences.” (ID:07) | |
| Not relevant | — |
| Walking speed | |
| Relevant | “Walking speed? I think walking speed because…yes, because you could see where have I gone from. Have I gone from walking and now I’m really speed walking? Okay? Well, that’s a big increase, right? I’m improving with the treatment. So I think that the speed will be helpful to see where my comfort level is at.” (ID:25) |
| Not relevant | “I think the distance you walk is more relevant than the speed at which you’re walking it.” (ID:11) |
| Time spent in non-sedentary physical activity | |
| Relevant | “I think so, yes. Because it’s all a part of my day.” (ID:20) |
| “Yes, because that’s who I am. That’s what I’m doing…That’s part of me. You can see what I’m up to. Am I just non-movement all day? Versus getting up and staying active where it’s slow but that’s okay. I think it’s, yeah, good to know, for sure.” (ID:25) | |
| Not relevant | Moderator: “Do you think that the amount of time you spend in non-sedentary activities has been affected by your CTEPH?” Participant: “No, I don’t think so. No…But before I had it, I would have done the same things probably at the same times of day.” (ID:11) |
| Time spent in moderate to vigorous activity | |
| Relevant | “Is that the vacuuming and things like that you said…Yeah. Yeah, I do all that, so yes, that would… You could measure that, yes.” (ID:25) |
| Not relevant | “Well, I…I don’t do any vigorous, but if you measure the moderate, that would be good.” (ID:19) |
| “I don’t jog and I don’t bicycle. I don’t think so.” (ID:26) |