Theme 6: Support from others helps with self-perceived adherence
Participants identified the importance of social influence via support from family and friends as important facilitators to participation (e.g., ‘Now, [my partner] wants me to do the exercises so I’m ready for the operation and that, as opposed to if I was alone and doing them alone. Maybe I would have not done them as much as I did.’, and ‘Well, I have support from my whole family… because there are times you don’t feel like doing it and they just—oh you’ve got to get it done.’). Furthermore, completing exercises with another person also supported completion of prescribed exercise (e.g., ‘Doing it with another person makes it a lot easier so that you can go through the exercise properly.’, and ‘Well my husband walks with me all the time. And I never walked alone, he always walked with me.’).