Table 2 Patient reasons for not participating grouped into broader categories

Time constraints

13 (35.1)

12 (25.5)

25 (29.8)

 I do not have time to participate

13 (35.1)

12 (25.5)

25 (29.8)

No perceived need for a health check

18 (48.7)

28 (59.6)

46(54.8)

 I already have a healthy lifestyle

7 (18.9)

17 (36.2)

24 (28.6)

 I feel healthy

10 (27)

10 (21.3)

20 (23.8)

 I get regularly health checks at my GP

7 (18.9)

9 (19.2)

16 (19.1)

 I can change my lifestyle if I feel the need for it

6 (16.2)

9 (19.2)

15 (17.9)

 I think I am too young to get something out of a health check

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 I think I am too old to get something out of a health check

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Unclarity of the program

8 (21.6)

9 (19.2)

17 (20.2)

 It is unclear for me what the intervention is about

8 (21.6)

9 (19.2)

17 (20.2)

Privacy concerns

10 (27)

8 (17)

18 (21.4)

 I do not wish that information from my journal at my own GP will be given to this intervention

5 (13.5)

7 (14.9)

12 (14.3)

 I am afraid others will get access to the results e.g. insurance companies

NS

NS

9 (10.7)

Do not want to know results/fear of bad results

10 (27)

10 (21.3)

20 (23.8)

 Participation in this intervention will make me unnecessarily nervous

5 (13.5)

6 (12.8)

11 (13.1)

 I do not want to know my risk of developing a lifestyle-related disease

6 (16.2)

5 (10.6)

11 (13.1)

 I am afraid the results of a health check will be negative

NS

NS

 < 5

Do not want to participate because of the program/parts of the program

9 (24.3)

13 (27.7)

22 (26.2)

 I do not believe the intervention can help me get a healthier lifestyle

NS

NS

10 (11.9)

 I do not like when others interfere with my lifestyle

NS

NS

9 (10.7)

 I do not want to change my lifestyle

NS

NS

7 (8.3)

 I do not want to get medicine if that is what my GP recommends

NS

NS

 < 5

Already in treatment

NS

NS

8 (9.5)

 I am already in treatment for a lifestyle-related disease

NS

NS

8 (9.5)