Table 2.
Semistructured interview guide.
Discussion point | Details |
Recap | Confirm which apps participant was asked to download and try |
Download/install | Ask about the participants’ ability to find, download, and install each app |
First app | Ask participant to start by giving overall opinion of app; Depending on amount of detail provided in overview, ask participant to expand on any points raised in overview, comment on likes/dislikes, comment on specific app features/BCTsa (dependent on allocated app) |
Second app | Repeat the steps as given for the first app |
Appropriateness for cancer | Discuss how appropriate and relevant each of the apps were for their personal circumstances and as a cancer survivor |
Adapting for cancer survivors | Discuss how (if at all) the apps could be adapted for cancer survivors. If so, what adaptations/functions to tailor the app would they make |
Interest in an app | Discuss participants’ interest in a PAb app tailored specifically for people who have had cancer |
Preferred types of PA | Discuss types of PA that should be promoted to cancer survivors, including intensity, frequency, type of activity, and with relevance to current PA guidelines (ie, 150 min moderate-vigorous PA and 2 sessions of strength and resistance-based exercises per week) and how apps could promote these types of PA (if at all) |
Recommendations | Discuss any PA recommendations that were provided to them following cancer diagnosis/treatment and who were they delivered by or where participant looked for them |
Intervention communication | Discuss who should direct cancer survivors to a cancer-specific PA app, including when this should be discussed and promoted to patients |
aBCT: behavior change technique.
bPA: physical activity.