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. 2020 Jul 10;23(7):471–478. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2019.0491

Table 2.

Open-Ended Feedback Results

Theme Representative quotation
Parents
 Increased awareness of family's PA “The survey made me want to do things differently, i.e., encourage my family to be more active.”
“I enjoyed watching my child get excited when her Fitbit went off knowing she made her steps for that day.”
 Include measure of activities in which children are unable to wear their Fitbits “Lacrosse team doesn't allow child to wear Fitbit during practice or games.”
“My boys play baseball and they had to remove the Fitbit and belt for some of the games (depending on the umpire).”
Children
 Peer/Pet support of PA “One of the best parts about the study is that I could be with my friends, and I could kind of have a puppy.”
“The best part was my friends asking me to be more active with them.”
 Increased awareness of own PA “I love the fact that when I go somewhere I always want to get my steps in and I love the fact that the Fitbit helps me want to get in shape.”
“Doing more physical activity and making sure we are active a lot.”
 Use a Fitbit with a screen “Change the Fitbit Flex 2 into a Fitbit Versa.”
“Being able to see the time and the number of steps you have.”
 Add more games to the kiosk “Add more games!”
“More games.”

PA, physical activity.