Table #1:

Participant Feedback - Benefits

Code	Category	Illustrative Quote
Social	Engagement with others	Clinician 3: So the ability to engage in this activity and engage, in fact, in some social activity as well without having to disrupt their routine Community 4: So, to be in a group with people where you can still see what your value is and um, against the things that you’re working on and so there’s a, and you see other people struggling. So I just think that multidimensional relationship with some people who are all working together will be a very cool element I guess.
Context	Within home setting	Community 1: Yeah, especially with the time commitment and the ability to be able to do it from their own home, I think is going to be huge
	Distance	Clinician 2: They can do it at their own home so transportation which I had mentioned as an issue will not be that much of a concern and they can even do it in the winter months. Like when access is going to be like you know they can do it even at home Clinician 6: But if they’re more, if they have those distance barriers to doing that sort of thing, or other barriers, they don’t drive, for whatever reason, don’t a have a car. If they don’t have the option
Health	Functional limitations	Focus Group 5: keep that hope out there that we don’t all have to end up with some of these disabling, devastating diseases and disorders if we get on board with this train of better health, you know, there’s so much that we can do in small ways, everyday, to improve
	Quality of Life	Focus Group 5: Maybe we’re not going to be, you know, Olympic athletes but, but the quality of life can be so much better
Accountability	Excuses	Patient 3: I think the accountability factor. If you say yes to participating, and you have sort of these monitors or obligations and—and it’s been made fairly easy for you to participate, I—I think that’s what’s going to be critical—is you’re accountable and you really have little in the way of excuse. I guess depending on the timing of—of—of the meetings, you know, that’s going to be a factor, but so, yeah. Community 1: They’re also going to be working on—having more accountability for their own health. Clinician 6: I think the structure and the accountability would make things more likely to happen Patient 7: I did not think of that. Same thing, I don’t use Skype, but that’s a technological advance that—that’s really helpful and I think the videoconferencing—you can reach more people and we can, in a rural area, be able to participate without again, making an excuse: “Well, I’m not going to drive all the way to Dartmouth.”