Exercised Together (n = 8) | Exercised Separately (n = 6) |
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Theme 1: Value & Benefits of Intervention Participation | |
Study Support | Study Support |
• Accountability & structure | • Accountability & structure |
• Encouragement to start a fitness program | • Encouragement to start a fitness program |
• Study staff | • Study staff |
Partner Interaction | Partner Interaction |
• Closer relationship | • Closer relationship |
• Shared experience with significant other | • Shared experience with significant other |
• Competition | Health Benefits |
Health Benefits | • Health awareness & appreciation |
• Health awareness & appreciation | • Health outcomes |
• Health outcomes | Cultural Relevance |
• Nutrition awareness | • AA trainers |
Cultural Relevance | • Music |
• AA trainers | • Prompted exercise discussions in the AA community |
• Music | |
• Prompted exercise discussions in the AA community | |
• AA principal investigator | |
Neighborhood/Community Awareness | |
Self-efficacy | |
Theme 2: Difficulties with Intervention Participation | |
Study Logistics | Study Logistics |
• Device issues | • Device issues |
• Walking logs | • Walking logs |
• Facility | Personal Barriers |
Personal Barriers | • Physical challenges |
• Physical challenges | • Self-motivation to attend trainings |
Training consistency | |
Theme 3: Suggestions to Improve the Intervention | |
Programming | Programming |
• Flexibility training | • Flexibility training |
• Longer program duration | • Longer program duration |
• Education | • Education |
Enhanced Transition Support | • Study results to participants |
Exercise Promotion in the AA Community | • Investigator check-in on workouts |
• Local community engagement | Enhanced Transition Support |
• Future recruitment |