Table 5.
Quotations of interviewed participants.
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“By the way, that bracelet was awful. Especially the closure. You have to invest a bit more in that. I don’t know much else to improve. It weights nothing. You even forget it once in a while.” (quote 1) | Comfort of the ankle strap | 2 |
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“Every morning and during the day I had to put the bracelet back on again, because it would be loose for a while, but that wasn’t that bad...I don’t have any complaints about it, that bracelet is a simple but good solution for wearing the sensor.” (quote 2) | Comfort of the ankle strap | 6 |
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“In the beginning I had some trouble with updating. The connection wasn’t always good. I have a certain brand of phone and apparently it doesn’t work as well as other phones. Later I did a new update and then it worked better. I also had some contact with the VUmc about this.” (quote 3) | Technical problems | 4 |
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“It didn’t work well at all times. Then I called for a new battery. Then it worked again.” (quote 4) | Technical problems | 5 |
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“And again about the technical problems. That really frustrated me. I called with the VUmc for help. They could often improve it remotely and the new battery helped in the end.” (quote 5) | Technical problems | 5 |
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“I found the use of the app very friendly. Very easy, absolutely not unnecessarily complicated.” (quote 6) | Easy to use | 2 |
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“It was a new experience for me. But I had no problems at all with it. It all went well.” (quote 7) | Easy to use | 6 |
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“I have not thought for a moment of not using it because of my privacy. Only my active minutes were registered and I did not see any reason not to use it.” (quote 8) | No privacy concerns | 6 |
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“I thought it was a phenominal item...You keep track of your active minutes in the app during the day. I do not use cell phones very often, because I am 63 years old, but this was a very nice challenge.” (quote 9) | Provided insights into recovery | 2 |
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“I found it a nice application, I watched it every day.” (quote 10) | Provided insights into recovery | 6 |
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“It had really became part of my lifestyle. When I went to sleep I took it off and put it on the bedside table. Before I took a shower I put it o, so every active minute would count. I had the feeling that the health professionals from the Vumc did everything they could, so I wanted to do that myself. This device helped me a lot with that.” (quote 11) | Provided support | 5 |
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“Well if we look at the operation, especially my recovery, then it’s very important to me that I have insight in and influence on my recovery. That you are able to see if you’re making progress. When I just started I was 30 minutes active per day and at the end I was 4 to 5 hours active. It is very nice and important to have that insight.” (quote 12) | Provided insights into recovery | 3 |
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“Well it worked really stimulating for me. Making movement goals gives direction in the rehabilitation proces. You can work towards that. It has really helped me and that’s why I would recommend it to others.” (quote 13) | Motivating effect | 5 |
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“You feel more co-responsible. Well then it’s nice that you can show you are dowing well and that you try your best.” (quote 14) | Motivating effect | 3 |
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“It’s an addition to you health and life. It makes rehabilitation a little easier and more challenging. It focuses more on recovery than on your problems.” (quote 15) | Provided support | 2 |
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“It’s all very frightening and scary. What is going to happen? Will I wake up after the operation? Can I still do the same as I did? There is a lot going through you head and it’s pretty scary, to be honest. At that moment, health profesionnals and such a motion sensor around you ankle helps enormously. You get feedback and it gives you something to hold on to.” (quote 16) | Provided support | 5 |
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“I think it is a very good remedy. Only for myself it had not been necessary. For someone who has more difficulty with being active this is a completely different story. Then it can be a very nice support. If I speak for myself, it was just that I was curious about how much I walked that day.” (quote 17) | Suitability | 4 |
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“I already moved a lot: I go to the gym twice a week and I also walk a lot and cycle a bit. Therefore, the PAM wasn’t the reason I started being more active. But it was nice to see how active I was during the day.” (quote 18) | Suitability | 6 |
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“I would like to get a signal if I don’t show good or abnormal activity behavior. Starting a conversation. That’s also possible by telephone. I don’t necessarily have to come to the VUmc more often. But such a conversation would be very nice.” (quote 19) | Need for more support | 1 |
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“A sort of alarm or stimulating message. I think that also helps in creating awareness. People need to become aware of their activity behavior. A message when things are not going that well can help with that. It triggers you to think about it.” (quote 20) | Need for more support | 2 |
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“I would like to get some more information as well. So besides the activity data. For example, about the heartrate and blood pressure. But anyway, it might also be difficult to integrate that into one application.” (quote 21) | Additional needs | 4 |
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“Activity data should be more clearly displayed. Now you have a graph, but the activity data is only presented per day. You actually want to be able to see data and differences during the day. For example my difference in activity between an evening shift and day shift at work. I would have found that interesting to be able to see.” (quote 22) | Additional needs | 5 |
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“I think it might work better if the goals are better tailored to the person.” (quote 22) | Additional needs | 5 |