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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 18.
Published in final edited form as: Inform Health Soc Care. 2012 May 9;38(1):27–36. doi: 10.3109/17538157.2011.647938

Table I.

Focus group protocol questions.

Key questions
  • 1.1

    Telehealth kiosk

  • 1.1.1

    Do you think that this technology may be useful to you or to others?

  • 1.1.2

    What, if any, problems do you see with this technology?

  • 1.1.3

    Would you be willing to use such a system long term?

  • 1.1.4

    How do you feel about being able to see your own personal health information over time?

  • 1.1.4.1

    Would you prefer to use the visual display on the kiosk or have printed reports given to you?

  • 1.1.5

    How often would you want to receive this information?

  • 1.1.6

    Did you find the system easy to use?

  • 1.1.7

    Who else would you like to share the information with, that this system provides (for example, a healthcare provider, a family member)? How often?

  • 1.1.8

    How often would you like them to receive this information?

  • 1.1.9

    Did you access the educational content? If not, why? Would you ever want to?

  • 1.1.10

    If yes, then what content and with what frequency?

  • 2.1

    Cognitive assessment

  • 2.1.1

    Do you think that this technology was useful to you? Do you think that it could benefit others?

  • 2.1.2

    What, if any, problems do you see with this technology?

  • 2.1.3

    Would you be willing to use such a system long term?

  • 2.1.4

    How do you feel about being able to use the program to assess your cognitive function? In general, how do you feel about going through exercises over time to improve cognition?

  • 2.1.5

    Did you find the system easy to use?

  • 2.1.6

    Would you like to share the cognitive performance information that this system provides (for example, a healthcare provider, a family member)?

  • 2.1.7

    Who would you like to share it with and how often would you like them to receive this information?

  • 3.1

    Capturing wellness

    We measured aspects of wellness during this study.

  • 3.1.1

    What do you think about the things measured in this study (i.e. physiological, cognitive, social and other parameters) to understand one’s well-being?

  • 3.1.2

    Are there other things we should look at to get a better understanding of older adult’s health and well-being?

  • 3.2

    Community setting

  • 3.2.1

    What do you think about coming to a community room such as this to do these sessions? (cues: did you enjoy it, did you have any privacy concerns?)

  • 3.2.2

    Would you have preferred a different setting (e.g. wellness clinic, local pharmacy)?