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. 2021 Jun 23;16(6):e0253114. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253114

Table 1. Physical activity barriers and motives score of importance based on the studies of Clifford et al. [24].

Scores 0 1 2* 3
Quantitative data
Percentage of participants who checked item as a barrier (yes or no question) PA barrier and motive not reported in the study 0–24% 25–49% 50–100%
Percentage of participants that agreed based on a Likert scale 0–24% 25–49% 50–100%
Percentage of participants who rated item as major barrier (responses ranged between 0.7 to 23.4%) 0–9% 10–19% 20–25%
Score: 5-point Likert (1 = strongly disagree, 3 = neither agree nor disagree, 5 = strongly agree) 1–2.0 2.1–3.0 3.1–5.0
Score. 5-point Likert scale, (1 = never, 2 = rarely, 3 = sometimes, 4 = often, or 5 = very often) 1–1.9 2.0–2.9 3.0–5.0
Qualitative data
Adjectives PA barrier and motive not reported in the study A few women;
Some participants;
Several participants
Mentioned by all members; Commonly mentioned; Most mentioned; The first to third most common; Substantial barrier; Mentioned by many participants and as a significant barrier; Majority of participants; Prominent theme; Extreme barriers; One of the most expressed; Mentioned in all focus group

* A default score of 2 was assigned for barriers that were not able to be rated, but were reported.