Table #4:

Participants’ additional quotes

Category	Quotes
Medication Use: Barriers and Facilitators	When I have a cold or when I feel nausea, then I don’t take my medicines for 3–4 days. When I feel better, I will continue taking the medicine. When my body is feeling better or healthier, then I don’t take medications. I’m very mindful of when and where to take my medicines, even on busy days. My children help me out a lot and set up pill boxes. They take care of me very well.
Theme 1. Reactions to technology Could be useful, especially if people have help	I think it might be a bit difficult for some people who only know the basics about smartphones, but younger family members would usually be able to help. I think it would be relatively easier to use than some other phone apps. I don’t think that I am smart enough to use the cuff and the smartphone. I think that my kids can help me use it, but they are very busy.
Theme 2: Reactions to increased awareness of blood pressures due to self-monitoring Could be useful, especially for patients who agree with doctors	If you can see your blood pressure readings everyday with this device, it will help you control it by managing your medications and diet better. The device could be a cause for anxiety or obsession for some people in that they could focus too much on their BP readings to the point it stresses them more. I think it will be able to help control blood pressure because I can think about what I did or ate yesterday to cause high blood pressure and I look at today to see if my changes made a difference.
Theme 3: Reactions to clinicians receiving blood pressure results Could be empowerment, could be entrapment	I can measure it and send my numbers to my doctor. He will monitor my blood pressure and we can avoid visits to the clinic and, worse, to the ER! It’s nice because they will help you and remind you what you need to do to control your blood pressure. It makes you feel like someone cares. I think older people might prefer physical visits with their doctor, the old-fashioned way. I think it would be a nuisance because they will be calling me. I would not feel like wanting to (check) my blood pressure. (Hmong) (I’m) worried that doctors will know when my pressures are high, such as when I eat good food, and they will make me eat too much medicine.