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Table 3 Qualitative analyses after 12-wk home-based exercise program in JDM patients

From: Home-based exercise program for adolescents with juvenile dermatomyositis quarantined during COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed methods study

Themes

Patient’s

Quotes

Suitability of the home-based format

II

“I liked the online format because it helped me (…), because the trainer can oversee the training and see how I am doing even distant, and I had no problems with the internet”

VII

“I enjoyed having an online consultancy and the progression every other week”. “I really liked it, because it was something complete and technological”

IX

“I felt very comfortable and at ease with the form of training, with the trainer, and how the contact was made.”

X

“I liked a lot that the program was online and I could exercise at my own schedule”

XI

“I think the whole training program pleased me, the online format worked very well, exceeding my expectations”

Appropriate trainer supervision

I

“I enjoyed having an [online] session with the trainer, I think she explains the exercises well”

II

“I liked the trainer”

III

“I liked the way the trainer taught, it was easy to understand”

V

“I liked to exercise with the trainer “

VI

“The trainer it is great, [she] is patient.”

VII

“The training motivated me, because there was a trainer always motivating me, sending a message to know how I was doing … It was an elaborated program. And that helped me a lot to continue”

VIII

“I liked the trainer, patient and calm”

IX

“I really enjoyed training with the trainer.”

X

“I liked the trainer and her way of conducting the training [session].”

XI

“The trainer was excellent and super attentive. In the end the exercises were all to my liking, always following the level of difficulty”

Appropriate exercises

I

“I liked the type of exercises”

II

“I really enjoyed the exercise of running in the same place”

III

“I liked the exercises; I used to do them before. I would prefer to play fun games like dodgeball, but I know we can’t do it online.”

VI

“I liked the exercises, but some exercises were difficult”

VII

I liked the exercises, jumping jacks, squats, sit-ups etc.

IX

I liked that the exercises are done at home. The exercises are light, there is no need of equipment, and they are not super difficult. The exercises are also adaptable.

X

“I really enjoyed the exercises”

XI

“The exercises were all to my pleasing. There were some difficult and tiring ones, but I really enjoyed doing them, in general, I thought I managed to do them all. They were good exercises.

Motivators and facilitators to the program

I

“It was good, because in a group one can see new people, and I feel more encouraged to do the exercise in a group.”

VII

“I liked it, because I can watch others doing the exercises that I can’t”

IX

“The coolest thing about the program is doing it at home.”

X

“I enjoyed the group classes; I had fun with the classes.”

XI

“I was missing being active. Before the pandemic I was more active in terms of routine of physical activity, and not exercising for a long time bothers me”. “I liked it [online group sessions]. At first, I was shy but then I saw that everyone had difficulties and I did not feel bad because at some exercises I did well, but not at other exercises. But my peers were just like me”

Barriers of the program

I

“The internet got in the way a little bit, sometimes it got frozen”

II

“I did not like some of the exercises, that were too difficult.”

V

“I do not like to do squats”, “I did not like the types of exercise”, “I did not like the group sessions. Because I could not focus. And also, I did not like the frequency of the online sessions, most of the times I had to stop something that I was doing to participate in the online session”

VI

“I did not like the online format”

VIII

“My routine was incompatible, I had to work and study”

Health benefits

I

“It made me stronger, sleep improved, I was more energetic, less tired in everyday activities.”

II

“I felt more spirited, cheerful”

III

“My sleep improved”

V

“Concentration”

VI

“I felt more energetic my concentration has improved.”

VII

I felt more energetic, less tired

IX

“I felt less pain and fatigue”. “I felt more motivate and cheerful in the days that I exercise”

X

“I found that my mood and sleep improved a lot.”

XI

“I felt differences such as more disposition and better nights of sleep. Regarding pain, the muscles used in the exercises were always sore the next day, but nothing abnormal and then I always got used to it and got more tolerant.”