Table 1.
Characteristics of participants (n=10)
| Demographic characteristics | No of participants (%) |
| Median age (years) (25th, 75th percentile) | 58 years (53, 68) |
| Gender | |
| Man | 8 (80) |
| Woman | 2 (20) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Aboriginal, First Nations, Métis or Inuit | 1 |
| African, Caribbean or black | 1 |
| White | 7 |
| South Asian | 1 |
| Median year of HIV diagnosis (25th, 75th percentile) |
1994 (1988, 2000) |
| Currently taking antiretroviral medication | 9 (90) |
| Undetectable viral load (<50 copies/mL of blood) | 9 (90) |
| Median number of concurrent health conditions, in addition to HIV (25th, 75th percentile) (Range of concurrent conditions) | 6 (4, 10) (2–13) |
| Most common self-reported concurrent health conditions (≥20% of sample) | |
| Mental health conditions (anxiety, depression and other) | 7 (70) |
| Cardiovascular conditions | 6 (60) |
| Muscle pain | 5 (50) |
| Bone and joint disorders | 4 (40) |
| Eye disorders | 3 (30) |
| Diabetes | 2 (20) |
| Primary income source | |
| Government disability support programmes | 5 (50) |
| Pension | 4 (40) |
| Employment | 1 (10) |
| Median travel time to exercise programme (minutes) (25th, 75th percentile) | 11 (5, 40) |
| Exercising independently (outside the PT-led exercise programme) | 3 (30) |
| Self-described exercise levels (including within the PT-led exercise programme) | |
| I currently exercise regularly but I only began exercising within the last 6 months | 2 (20) |
| I currently exercise regularly and I have been exercising longer than 6 months | 4 (40) |
| I currently exercise but not regularly | 2 (20) |
| I currently do not exercise but I am thinking about it in the next 6 months | 2 (20)* |
*One participant selected this option on the demographic questionnaire but stated, during the interview, that they were still exercising in the maintenance programme once a week.
PT, physiotherapist.