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Table 3 Community Responses

From: Potentials of community-based early detection of cardiovascular disease risk during the COVID-19 pandemic

Selected Themes (N = 82)

n

%

Representative Quotations

Positive Sentiment

 Increased awareness and informativ

18

22%

“By filling in this form, I have more knowledge.”

“Very useful.”

“Very good and helps for a healthy lifestyle.”

“I want to live a healthy life.”

 Positive impression

39

48%

“I like this online mechanism.”

“Very good.”

“Very satisfied.”

Barriers

 Hard to understand the questions

6

7%

“The question is difficult to understand.”

“The question needs to be simplified.”

 Too much and wordy questions

15

18%

“Too many questions.”

“The question is too wordy.”

Suggestions

 Not agree with online mechanism

1

1%

“Actually, through this online filling, (I) don’t agree because some don’t have a cellphone.”

 Improve the tools

3

3%

“There are more questions about the symptoms experienced because hypertension is usually the initial symptom with dizziness, so it can be distinguished that a headache is a symptom of hypertension or just a normal headache.”