Table 1.

Adolescent, caregiver, and friend preferences for asthma management support through app

Code Name	Coding Description	Example Interview Questions
A inter with provider	Adolescent preferences for using an asthma app to interact with medical providers about their asthma	Would you use an app to send information about you to your doctor?
Adolcare inter	Adolescent preferences for interacting with caregiver about asthma through asthma app	Are there any good ways for your caregivers to be included in the app? Probe: How would your caregiver be involved? Would you want your parent/caregiver to text message you to remind you to take your meds?
Inter with other asthma	Adolescent preferences for using an asthma app to interact with other adolescents who have asthma	Would you be more likely to use an asthma app if you could interact with other kids with asthma?
Friends involved	Adolescent preferences for interacting with their friends who may or may not have asthma through the app	How could we get your friends involved in an asthma app? Would you want your friends to text message you to remind you to take your meds?
Caregiver inter	Caregiver preferences for using an app to communicate with the adolescent regarding their asthma care as well as preferences for friend involvement in asthma care	How do you feel about using the app to communicate with your child about asthma? Probe: How would you want to use it? Would you want to text message your child to remind them to take their meds? Would you want your child’s friends to text message them to remind them to take their meds?
Friend inter	Friend preferences for using an asthma app to help friend manage his/her asthma	How would you feel about text messaging your friend to remind him/her to take their medications? Would you use an app to learn how asthma can be controlled and managed so you can support your friend? Would you use an app to learn how to help your friend if he/she was having an asthma emergency?