Theme	Examples
Barriers	Self-barriers	“I don’t have anything to motivate me to say, well let’s get up and do this. Let’s go take a walk.” “I feel like I’ll get up later, I’ll get up in a few min. I keep laying there.”
	Health problems	“My back pain and knee pain prevent me from moving, regardless of whether I have hemodialysis.” “I feel lightheaded, and if I feel, if I get up and feel lightheaded I just sit back down and wait a few min, and then I get up and try it again.”
	Environmental restrictions	“I don’t do too much outside walking when there is ice on the ground.” “I don’t go to people’s houses unless I know what kind of step they have.”
Facilitators	Self-motivators	“Life motivates me to get moving… I love living” “God makes it easy for me to move” “I mean the only way I’m going to get out of this chair is to get up and start moving around. If I sit here it’s just going to get harder and harder for me to do, so I have to try, I have to try”
	Family and friend support	“I have the lady downstairs that won’t let me stay in bed, saying, “Come down. Come down.” “Sometimes I walk downstairs, like go to the mailbox and say hi to people that is down there that you know, and then come back upstairs.”
	Feasible exercise	“I’ll go to the grocery store, walk around there for a while, and go shopping” “Walks to HD and walks back so that gets him exercise. Moves for about 15–20 min, takes his time.”