Table 2.

Focus group themes, subthemes, and quotes - CV Health and Needs Assessment Qualitative Study, 2014.

Theme and subthemes		Illustrative quotes
Feedback
	Desire for immediate device feedback	That’s the fundamental problem...there’s no immediate feedback...We need some kind of feedback besides these lights. [Male, age 49] I was thinking about what [participant name] said about the vibration...Maybe something to vibrate when I’m at 50, 60 or 100% [of daily recommended physical activity]. [Male, age 55]
	Accessibility of feedback about PA	And I’m not always near a hub so the only feedback I had were those lights. [Male, age 49] The definition of what’s vigorous...What does that really mean? I work out 45 minutes every day. I lift, do treadmill and do crunches but my arm’s not moving enough for you. [Male, age 55]
Design of PA monitor
	Physical discomfort	I had no way to clip this device like I clip on my watch...During the day I always had to touch it to make sure it didn’t come off. Maybe a different kind of clamp with like a watch clamp. [Male, age 55] I had major skin irritations from it. From the metal part that touched my arm. I still have irritation now. [Female, age 59]
	Features	Even though it says purple sometimes it looked more like red to me, so I don’t know...The colors should be more distinct. [Male, age 49] The device was kind of bulky around my wrists. I was trying to put my shirt on, move the device up and down my wrist to make sure I could get my shirt over it or keep my shirt over top of it. [Male, age 55]
Ambiguity over project goals		What I understood...is that you measure what you do normally; don’t do anything extra or less. [Female, age 62] The goal of this was to show the green. That’s why I thought we were working so hard to get it done. [Male, age 55]
Recording PA		We just took the band off to sleep because...the light was a problem the first night...When I went on the computer, I put how many hours I slept. [Female, age 62] A lot of my activity’s in the water, and since we couldn’t do that you have to put them in the computer. [Female, age 62]
Issues about hub		[Our hub] didn’t work at our church at all. [Female, age 69] We had to go outside to one of our other buildings to try and sync it...The timing trying to get it just right between the two services [was challenging]. [Male, age 59]
Website for supporting PA monitors		I couldn’t pull it up on my phone, which is where I am most of the time. [Female, age 43] I would have preferred to have an app. [Male, age 49]
Feasibility of using PA-monitoring system		I think a centrally located area in church that’s not lock-and-key will make the user...more like, “Okay, I can sit there and download it”, not have to run around, “Who has the key?”, they stand there while you’re doing it, then they lock up the room when you leave. [Male, age 55] I was as at church but not able to get to the actual [hub], because where I was located at that point in time. Because...you know I have a lot going on. So it’s like I can get it this point in time or just can’t. [Female, age 62]
Suggestions for improvement		You may want...a point person in the church that has been trained in the docking system, so they don’t have to call you all the time, train somebody in the church so they can troubleshoot for you real quick. [Male, age 55] Maybe social media...so we can share our results. [Male, age 49]