Table 5 Patient characteristics– sub-themes (Theme 4)
Subtheme | User | Referrer |
|---|---|---|
Motivation | I suppose my motivation, really, to do something, that I was actually asking for that, and my reasons for it. But I remember saying, because I thought it was more appropriate for me so I sort of self-selected it really. (2) | Well, I suppose, [pause]. You know. Actually getting the patient to physically sign is probably a good thing isn’t it, you know, people who are motivated … are you more likely to get the motivated people, who actually you know do go for it, whereas those that are not so well motivated they, … they’ll say, “No, I don’t want to sign the form.” (9) |
Priority setting | I suppose for something like this which may be seen as a “it would be helpful but it’s not life-saving”, you know, so it’s not a huge priority. (6) | I think a lot of patients as well don’t see the value in it, unfortunately. Its way down on their priority list. You know a lot of patients we see, cos it’s quite a deprived area, if you say ‘exercise’ to them it’s like, you know. They almost find it laughable I think because they think they’ve got so many other bigger problems than exercises. They can’t really see how it would help them. (2) |