Table 3.

Selection of quotes of participants’ expectations of the app intervention

Theme	Participant code	Quote
Desiring better health outcomes	P13	“[The app] might be able to make me feel more competent or confident in myself or knowing that things are not abnormal. Knowing it’s normal to have these symptoms might be able to make me feel less anxious…”
	P6	“I guess better health wise. I think I want better endurance because I’m sitting a lot. And then I was doing that before too but I’m more active now because of the chair. And I found sports. So more physical endurance I guess.”
	P9	“... that was part of my goal. Trying to exercise… [laugh] I don’t really do anything so it would be nice to have a reminder or be able to set up a schedule and keep to it. But there’s other things that go on. Like appointments for physio or whatever. Doctor’s appointments… stuff like that that I’m just like… oh oh yeah, I didn’t do my stretches for the day.”
Wanting to learn about the mobile app’s potential	P19	“If an app is more efficient, then another way, then I need to use that, but if, but that’s what it comes down to, it’s back to the point system, if it takes less points that means I have more points to do something else.”
Desiring greater personal and social autonomy	P5	“Well I think it would, I mean when you can see the data, exactly what you are doing, if you are making sure to record things you can see okay I’m not drinking enough water, I’m not being active enough, you know like, these specific days I was in way more pain, why was that. It can help figure things out with yourself, why it’s happening.”
	P10	“Spend more time doing things that I know will be there long-term for me as I get older. And that is to practice, uh, drawing and, uh, artwork. Which I’ve totally neglected for way too long.”