Table 3.

Frequency of patient- reported barriers and enablers to participation in pulmonary rehabilitation and exercise

Theme		Frequency of reporting(from total participants n = 15)
		<25% (up to 2 participants)	25-49% (3–7 participants)
Pulmonary rehabilitation	Barriers	Too exhausting (2/15)	Lack of awareness (3/15)
		I don’t need it (2/15)	Difficulty with access (5/15) (i.e. nuisance to get there, inflexible timing, transport)
		Managing co-morbidities (2/15)
		Interruption due to ill health (1/15)
		Competing responsibilities (1/15)
	Facilitators	Belief in health consequences (1/15)	Social influence (3/15) (peers, family and health professionals)
		Enjoyment (1/15)
		Learned new skills (1/15)
Exercise	Barriers	I don’t need it (1/15)	Managing comorbidities (7/15)
		Access (1/15)
		Interruption due to ill health (1/15)
		Social influence (1/15)
	Facilitators	Belief in own capabilities to exercise (2/15)	Belief in positive health consequences (5/15)
			Social influence (3/15)
		Enjoyment (1/15)
		Flexible timing (1/15)
		Already linked to this network (2/15)	Motivated/determined to do it (6/15)
		Has the necessary equipment (1/15)
		Has transport (1/15)
		Good weather (2/15)
		Low cost (1/15)