Table 2.

Examples of questions to prompt focus group discussions.

Usefulness of the App and Specific App Features

Overall, what did you think of using a mobile phone app to help you with your medications and heart health?

Did you like being reminded to take your medications?

What do you think about having a list of your medications on your phone?

Did you find it useful to be able to track blood pressure and weight over time?

What did you most frequently use the app for when you were using it? Which features were most and least useful?

Perceived benefits and potential impact of the app use

Do you think the app changed your behaviours in any way?

Do you now have better control over taking your medications and/or your heart health in general compared with before you took part in the study?

If you found the app beneficial was that because of a specific part or feature? Or was it a general effect of the app as a whole?

Engagement with the app

How did you use the app during your three months in the study?

How often did you have the medication reminders? How often did you record your blood pressure and weight measurements in the app?

How easy or difficult was it to use different features of the app?