Table 2.
Themes and subthemes by treatment success and failurea.
| Theme and subtheme | Groups | ||||||
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Success group | Failure group | |||||
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App versus caregiver | —b | — | ||||
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Prior pelvic floor muscle therapy | 3 | — | |||
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Being independent of care provider | 3 | 4 | |||
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Insecure about correctly performing exercises | 2 | 1 | |||
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Lowering shame barriers | 2 | — | |||
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Personality traits | — | — | ||||
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Positive (eg, go-getter, disciplined) | 2 | — | |||
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Negative (eg, slacking off) | 2 | 4 | |||
| App factors | |||||||
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Intensive treatment | 3 | 2 | ||||
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Ease of use | — | — | ||||
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Devices | — | — | |||
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Tablet | 3 | 3 | ||
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Smartphone | 6 | 6 | ||
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Complex user interface | 3 | 2 | |||
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Lessons (exercise levels) | — | — | |||
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Useful | 7 | 5 | ||
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Not useful | 1 | 1 | ||
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App features | — | — | ||||
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Reminders | — | — | |||
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Useful | 4 | 3 | ||
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Not useful | 6 | 2 | ||
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Timing inconvenient | 3 | 4 | ||
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Graphs | — | — | |||
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Useful | 3 | 1 | ||
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Not useful | 5 | 7 | ||
| Awareness | |||||||
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Education | 5 | 3 | ||||
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Awareness of symptoms | — | — | ||||
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Positive | 9 | 5 | |||
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Negative | — | 2 | |||
| Adherence | |||||||
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Integration of exercises | 4 | 6 | ||||
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Level of symptoms | — | — | ||||
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Recurrence of symptoms (positive) | 5 | 1 | |||
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Improvement of symptoms (positive) | 1 | — | |||
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Time investment (negative) | — | 2 | ||||
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Personal circumstances (negative) | 3 | 5 | |||
aNumbers are representative of how many participants mentioned the subtheme throughout the interviews.
bNot applicable.