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. 2021 Apr 14;23(4):e25358. doi: 10.2196/25358

Table 2.

Perceived barriers to adherence—themes, subthemes, and codes.

Themes, subthemes, and codes or category Comments, n
Time

Daily life


Lack of time in general 129


Work and study combination 58


Family responsibilities 40


Travel 16


Full schedule 8


Work and family combination 6

Life event


Death 9


Medical 6


Relocation 5


Other major change 5

Period


Christmas 15


Holiday travel 6
Program components

Challenge or experiential factors


Perceived as difficult 33


Time consuming 22


Too many activities 19


Disliked recording or logging activity 18


Forgot to implement or record 10


Confusion 5

Video factors


Length 17


Unappealing content or style 10


Extra segments 7
Personal factors

Well-being


Illness 16


Fatigue 10


Mental health distress or disorder 7


Stress 5

Capacity


Lack of motivation 18


Lagging behind 17


Not a priority, so forgot 16
System design

Lock restrictions 10

Features missing 9

Gamification 8

Login and navigation 8

Video playback 5

Recording activity 5
Technology

Internet


Internet and data access 28

Personal device


Faulty 18


Interrupted viewing 6
Human support

Videoconferencing difficultiesa 11

Lack of prompts 8

Lack of accountability 6

Preference for face-to-face 5

aVideoconferencing support was provided to 1 subgroup during the intervention (n=103).