Table 3.
Text messages and acceptability (phase 2, n = 9)
| Text Messages | Understand | Looks | Motivate | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Avatar: Healthy physical activity habits can start at any time during your life and can lead to better overall health! Make time for 30 minutes, 5 days a week | 9 (100%) | 8 (88.89%) | 8 (88.89%) | 8 (88.89%) |
| 2. QC: Make a commitment to yourself that you will turn “sit” time into “fit” time this week and move around as much as possible while at home. | 9 (100%) | 9 (100%) | 7 (77.78%) | 9 (100%) |
| 3. Tom: “Hi there. This is talking Tom. Think of PA as you would a medication. You take medication every day, you should do PA everyday”. | 9 (100%) | 7 (77.78%) | 8 (88.89%) | 9 (100%) |
| 4. Avatar: Worried about falling? Focus on exercises that can improve balance, such as backward, sideways, heel, or toe walking and standing from a sitting position. | 9 (100%) | 8 (88.89%) | 7 (77.78%) | 8 (88.89%) |
| 5. QC: I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 | 9 (100%) | 9 (100%) | 9 (100%) | 8 (88.89%) |
| 6a. Avatar: Exercising is a blessing, not a chore. Workout and be grateful that you physically can. | 4 (100%) | 4 (100%) | 4 (100%) | 2 (50%) |
| 6b. Avatar: Keeping strong muscles is important to prevent chronic health issues and injuries from falls. Try muscle-strengthening exercises, such as free weights or yoga. | 5 (100%) | 5 (100%) | 4 (80%) | 4 (80%) |
| 7. Tom: Did you know that muscles that are not used daily will stop working effectively. Use it or lose it! Get up off of the couch! Move today! | 9 (100%) | 7 (77.78%) | 9 (100%) | 7 (77.78%) |
| 8. Avatar: Good idea: Instead of watching TV, try one of these ideas: 1) walking, 2) dancing, or 3) working in the yard as a way to increase your physical activity. | 9 (100%) | 9 (100%) | 9 (100%) | 8 (88.89%) |
| 9. Avatar: Remember the gym is not a necessity to be physically active. If you don’t feel like going to the gym, try going for a short brisk walk instead, perhaps just before or after dinner. | 9 (100%) | 9 (100%) | 7 (77.78%) | 8 (88.89%) |
| 10. QC: Just started being physically active? Remember to start slowly and increase your activity gradually over a period of weeks to months. | 9 (100%) | 8 (88.89%) | 7 (77.78%) | 8 (88.89%) |
| 11. Tom: Hey there. Age is just a number but you can get fit just like Ernestine Shepherd- the 2011 World’s Oldest Female Bodybuilder. She was 74 years old. So what is your excuse? Get up and move! | 9 (100%) | 7 (77.78%) | 8 (88.89%) | 8 (88.89%) |
| 12. Tom. Hey there you on the couch. Stop being a couch potato! Stand up and move around while you are watching your favorite television program. | 9 (100%) | 8 (88.89%) | 8 (88.89%) | 7 (77.78%) |
| 13. QC: Don’t you know that your body is a temple that belongs to the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit, whom you received from God, lives in you. You don’t belong to yourselves. You were bought with a price. So bring glory to God in the way you use your body. 1Cor 6:19–20. | 9 (100%) | 9 (100%) | 9 (100%) | 8 (88.89%) |
Note. PA = physical activity; QC=quotation creator