Table 3 Overall theme, themes, and sub-themes
From: Users’ acceptability of a mobile application for persons with type 2 diabetes: a qualitative study
Themes | Descriptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall theme | Aiming for a healthy lifestyle supported by the app | |||
Themes | Meaningful routines | Meaningful overview | Meaningful interactions | |
Sub-themes | Meaningful use | Inspiration: To establish or keep up routines of engagement in self-management activities | Understanding the test results: The person identifies healthy lifestyle patterns by the app data | Decision support: The person made a self-management decision based on app data. Need for health-care personnel’s confirmation |
Barriers and needs for meaningful use | Barriers: To use of the app in real life setting | The need for interpretation: Difficulty to understand the relationship between glucose levels and lifestyle choices | Interpretative support from health-care personnel: The person need help to interpret the app data results | |
Suggestions for meaningful app utilization | Routine support: Suggestions on how to use the app | Interpretative support from the app: Suggestions on how to understand the patterns of app data | Alternative support to the app: Reasons against involving health-care personnel and suggestions on other types of health-care support. | |