Table 7:

Representative Responses to Follow Up Questions

Follow Up Responses	Representative Quotes
What do you think of the relaxation therapy?
N/A- infrequent or no use of the app	Haven’t been able to use app because of eviction and had to change address.
Positive	“It’s really good, it relaxes me and puts me to sleep
	it’s cool. it’s similar to mindfulness, really relaxing, I like it
	I like it; it’s good to stop for a few minutes and not focus on everything. Easier to make it through the short one
	I like the relaxation sessions; it helps with the pain and with my anxiety.
Neutral/Unsure/Mixed	It helps calm nerves but doesn’t help headaches.
	Relaxing but hard to relax when something more internal.
	It’s nice doesn’t know if it helped much but enjoyable.
	I like it a lot; but other kinds of exercise give me better results.
	It’s ok. Not for me. Not really helpful, but it is okay.
Negative	Have a lot going, so still get stress out even if used it.
What obstacle have you encountered in doing the therapy as recommended?
App difficulties	Sometimes, would forget the sleep time and can’t tell the exact time fall asleep.
Boring	She finds it a little boring.
External factors interfere	Holidays interfered with ability to keep up with therapy.
Falls asleep with therapy	Difficult to find the time and sometimes feels asleep.
Forgets to do the PMR	Forgetfulness.
Not relaxing/uncomfortable	Uncomfortable to sit for that length of time.
N/A	N/A hadn’t started yet.
Routine/Schedule	Hard to create that routine on a daily basis.
Time commitment	A little hard to do it some days time-wise.
Wifi	None (sometimes internet connectivity is an issue)
Dislikes Length of Session	Do not have patience to do full 15 minutes, and sometimes sitting for 15 minutes is not always so comfortable.
Recordings are repetitive	Variation in the recordings would be great; it gets very repetitive.
Too emotional to use the app	Too emotional to use the application right now.
Would you recommend the therapy to others?
Yes	Yes, would recommend to others. Do it for other pains too.
No	No.
Unsure/Neutral	Not sure. Right now, neutral.
N/A - has not done therapy long enough	Too early to tell.