Table 2.

Overview of Metathemes and Themes by Type of Data Source.

Metathemes shared across blogs, interviews, and journals
• T1D requires significant planning for exercise
• Hypoglycemia often interrupts or alters exercise
• Unrecognized exercise can result in hypoglycemia and/or greater insulin sensitivity
Themes unique to one type of data source
Blogs	Interviews	Journals
• Bringing diabetes supplies to exercise is a significant burden, but family can help by sharing the burden • Organized, group exercise activities are beneficial • Online peer support is encouraging; it facilitates and motivates exercise	• Being outdoors and/or being with family facilitates exercise • Exercise barriers that are unrelated to diabetes are the greatest barriers • Exercise is understood to be essential, but there is little to no guidance from health care providers about how to exercise	• Family and friends exercising together builds relationships and shared experiences • Adults with T1D routinely exercise without realizing it, through daily activities unrecognized as exercise • Glucose management during exercise is different and is learned by experience, not by instruction or guideline • Journaling is useful