Satisfaction of the Active for Life intervention
CAR CRASH
Satisfaction with the Satisfaction with the Under ‘likes’ participants mostly stated that they liked the motivational aspect (Fitbit + tailoring Having to report back, sort of keeps me on target most of the time (tailoring only, Female, 80).Participants also stated that the program improved their awareness of their activity (Fitbit + tailoring I have enjoyed becoming more active in the last 12 weeks which has made me sleep better and feel better within myself (Fitbit + tailoring, Male 66).Participants in the Fitbit + tailoring group liked using the Fitbit to track their activity (Fitbit + tailoring It was targeted to my individual needs (Fitbit + tailoring, Female, 72).A small number mentioned that they were satisfied with the program overall (Fitbit + tailoring Under ‘dislikes’ participants mostly stated that external barriers such as weather, health, childcare, and moving house prevented them from participating in the program how they would have liked (Fitbit + tailoring It was hot at the beginning of the program, then I had a car crash and also my knee is dodgy (tailoring only, Female, 69).Participants felt as though the tailored advice didn’t adequately take into account their situation and could have better considered factors such as age, health and external challenges (Fitbit + tailoring It does not seem to consider the wide variety of participant ages (Fitbit + tailoring, Male, 77).Participants would have preferred personal contact (Fitbit + tailoring I realized that I gave the wrong answers. It was too hard to go back and fix things (tailoring only, Female, 67).Participants did not like the repetitive nature of the survey questions and felt as though there were not enough response options to capture their situation (Fitbit + tailoring The questions did not really capture what was happening for me (Fitbit + tailoring, Female, 65).Participants (Fitbit + tailoring The exercises are very basic and do not go far enough (tailoring only, Female, 67).Some participants felt as though incidental exercise was not well integrated into the survey questions, tailored advice or exercise plan (Fitbit + tailoring Various housework tasks that involve strength and/or flexibility [should] be included (tailoring only, Female, 76).A few Fitbit + tailoring participants had problems with their Fitbit device or did not like using the model of Fitbit device (Fitbit + tailoring 