Table 4.
Breast cancer survivors’ preferences for social features (n = 96)
| Question | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
| Interest and preferences for “Teams” | |
| What are your thoughts on a being assigned to a team of others in the intervention? | |
| I like this idea | 66.7 |
| Not sure | 22.9 |
| I don’t like this idea | 10.4 |
| If you were assigned to a team and there was a team message board, what would you be interested in posting to the message board? (Mark all that apply) | |
| Effective strategies | 74.5 |
| Motivational comments | 73.4 |
| Links to websites or articles | 68.1 |
| Barriers you are having | 60.6 |
| Pictures | 33.0 |
| If you were assigned to a team, would you be interested/willing to share your activity data with others on your team? | |
| Yes | 80.0 |
| Not Sure | 11.6 |
| No | 8.4 |
| If you were assigned to a team, would you be interested in seeing other team members’ activity data? | |
| Yes | 76.8 |
| No | 12.6 |
| Not Sure | 10.5 |
| What are your thoughts on a progress board where your activity is ranked in relation to other individual team members’ activity data? | |
| I like this idea | 44.8 |
| I don’t like this idea | 28.1 |
| Not sure | 27.1 |
| What are your thoughts on a progress board where your activity data is ranked in relation to the average activity data for all other team members? | |
| I like this idea | 58.3 |
| I don’t like this idea | 24.4 |
| Not sure | 17.7 |
| What are your thoughts on a progress board where your team’s activity data is ranked in relation to activity data from other teams? | |
| I like this idea | 53.7 |
| I don’t like this idea | 23.2 |
| Not sure | 23.2 |
| Exercise Buddy | |
| What are your thoughts on being assigned an exercise buddy who is similar to you in the program? | |
| I like this idea | 57.3 |
| Not sure | 22.9 |
| I don’t like this idea | 19.8 |
| If you were assigned a buddy, what would you be interested in messaging about? (Mark all that apply) | |
| Effective strategies | 77.3 |
| Motivational comments | 73.9 |
| Barriers you are having | 71.6 |
| Links to websites or articles | 64.8 |
| Pictures | 35.2 |
| If you were assigned a buddy, would you be interested/willing to share your physical activity data with your buddy? | |
| Yes | 76.6 |
| Not Sure | 14.9 |
| No | 8.5 |
| If you were assigned to a buddy would you be interested in seeing your activity data in relation to your buddy’s activity data? | |
| Yes | 62.8 |
| Not Sure | 23.4 |
| No | 13.8 |
| Team versus Exercise Buddy | |
| Which of the following do you think would be more helpful for motivating you and keeping you on track? | |
| Both | 38.2 |
| Team | 29.2 |
| No Preference | 21.3 |
| Exercise Buddy | 11.2 |
| Behavioral Coach | |
| What are your thoughts on a behavioral coach? | |
| I like this idea | 77.1 |
| Not sure | 18.8 |
| I don’t like this idea | 4.2 |
| If you were to be provided with a behavioral coach, how would you like this relationship to be structured? | |
| Text messaging to check in | 48.9 |
| On demand where I could reach out and the coach will get back to me | 20.2 |
| Scheduled 10–15 min phone calls | 14.9 |
| Weekly or biweekly office hours when I know the coach is available | 7.4 |
| No preference | 7.4 |
| Other | 1.1 |
| If you were to be provided with a behavioral coach, who do you think the coach should be? | |
| Cancer exercise specialist | 54.7 |
| Trained study staff (male or female) | 29.5 |
| Trained study staff (female only) | 8.4 |
| Other breast cancer survivors | 6.3 |
| Other | 1.1 |