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Table 4 Interview participant details

From: Numbers are not the whole story: a qualitative exploration of barriers and facilitators to increased physical activity in a primary care based walking intervention

ID No.

Practice No.

Male/Female

Couple?

Self-reported ethnicity

Group

No. of nurse appts attended (out of 3)

Age

Change in average steps/day from baseline1

Health problems divulged during interview

1

1

Female

No

Any other White background

Nurse

3

48

+1697

Nil

2

1

Male

No

White British

Nurse

3

45

+113

Nil

3

1

Male

No

White British

Pedometer

N/A

53

+3708

Yes – preceding the trial

4

1

Male

No

Bangladeshi

Pedometer

N/A

52

−234

Nil

5

1

Female

No

White British

Pedometer

N/A

57

+1718

Nil

6

1

Female

No

White British

Pedometer

N/A

51

−2141

Yes– preceding the trial and during the trial

7

1

Female

No

White British

Pedometer

N/A

60

−1808

Yes – preceding the trial

8

2

Female

No

White British

Pedometer

N/A

65

−1781

Nil

9

2

Female

No

Black Caribbean

Pedometer

N/A

69

+243

Yes – preceding the trial and during the trial

10

2

Male

No

Black African

Nurse

2

64

−1920

Yes – preceding the trial

11

2

Male

No

White British

Pedometer

N/A

70

+1543

Yes – during the trial

12

2

Female

No

White and Black Caribbean

Nurse

3

66

+1211

Yes – preceding the trial

13

2

Female

No

White British

Pedometer

N/A

66

−446

Yes – preceding the trial and during the trial

14

2

Female

No

Any other White background

Nurse

2

49

+4756

Nil

15

3

Female

No

Any other White background

Nurse

3

49

−1097

Yes – during the trial

16

3

Female

No

White British

Nurse

3

47

+1573

Nil

17

3

Female

No

Any other White background

Pedometer

N/A

66

−1027

Yes – preceding the trial

18

3

Female

Yes

White British

Nurse

 

62

−2836

Nil

19

3

Female

No

White British

Pedometer

N/A

66

−1797

Yes – preceding the trial

20

3

Male

Yes

White British

Nurse

3

52

+3924

Yes – preceding the trial

21

3

Female

No

Black African

Nurse

3

47

+2962

Yes – preceding the trial

22

4

Male

No

White British

Nurse

3

63

−2652

Yes – preceding the trial and during the trial

23

4

Female

Yes

White British

Pedometer

N/A

64

+226

Yes – preceding the trial and during the trial

24

4

Female

Yes

Any other White background

Pedometer

N/A

50

+1031

Yes – preceding the trial

25

4

Male

No

White British

Pedometer

N/A

67

−955

Yes – preceding the trial

26

4

Female

No

White British

Nurse

3

65

−2013

Yes – preceding the trial

27

4

Male

No

White and Asian

Pedometer

N/A

61

−611

Yes – during the trial

28

4

Female

No

Chinese

Nurse

3

72

+4062

Yes – preceding the trial

29

5

Male

No

White British

Nurse

3

59

−493

Yes – during the trial

30

5

Female

No

White British

Nurse

3

51

+3269

Yes – preceding the trial

31

5

Male

Yes

White British

Pedometer

N/A

59

−756

Nil

32

5

Female

No

White British

Nurse

3

63

+1966

Yes – during the trial

33

5

Female

No

White British

Nurse

3

49

−746

Nil

34

5

Female

No

Black Caribbean

Pedometer

N/A

73

+403

Yes – preceding the trial

35

5

Female

No

White British

Nurse

3

64

+2100

Yes – preceding the trial

36

6

Female

No

White British

Pedometer

N/A

64

+1639

Nil

37

6

Female

No

Indian

Pedometer

N/A

51

−1720

Nil

38

6

Female

Yes

White British

Pedometer

N/A

59

+539

Nil

39

6

Female

No

White British

Nurse

2

61

−1425

Nil

40

6

Male

Yes

White British

Nurse

3

48

−3826

Yes – during the trial

41

6

Male

No

White British

Nurse

2

65

−43

Yes – during the trial

42

6

Male

No

White British

Pedometer

N/A

72

−2133

Nil

43

6

Female

No

White British

Pedometer

N/A

48

+2253

Nil

  1. 1. For the purposes of the qualitative study, we defined an increase in step count as >/=200 steps/day. Participants whose step count deceased or failed to increase by >/=200 steps/day were regarded as having no increase.