1) Moderator’s introduction |  |
2) About the group | Â |
3) Activity and exercise behavior | What exercise do you do? |
What does the word ‘exercise’ mean to you? (focus on activity levels) | |
Why should someone exercise? | |
How active are you on a day to day basis/how do you feel about the amount of exercise you do? | |
Do you think you do enough exercise to keep healthy? | |
Is exercise important in the management of diabetes? | |
What are the recommended guidelines? | |
The DOH recommends 150 minutes exercise per week, what do you think of this? | |
Do you think this is achievable? | |
How do you relate to the recommended levels? | |
4) Barriers to exercise | What are the mains reasons for not meeting the guidelines? |
How do you try to overcome these barriers? How can you resolve them? | |
If you have a fear of having a hypo, do you make any adjustments? | |
If you had a magic wand what would be the one thing you could overcome in order to allow you to do more exercise? | |
Has the diagnosis of diabetes changed your attitudes towards exercise? | |
Does education and understanding have a role in the management of your diabetes and therefore your exercise levels? | |
5) Encouragement and facilitation of exercise | Can you think of any ways of improving your activity levels? |
 | How can small changes be incorporated into your lifestyle? |
 | Are there any major themes that would help encourage people to be more active? |
 | Would more advice or information help? |
 | If you had to choose one intervention that would help your activity levels - which would it be? |
 | Has anyone any successful experiences of exercising? |
 | We are thinking about doing a study - if you were to take part how would you like to be monitored / encouraged? |
 | One-to-one advice from a health and fitness advisor |
 | Attending an exercise group organized by the hospital or your GP |
 | Support - someone who keeps in touch to see how you are doing with your exercise program |
 | Goal setting/modification/action planning |
 | Heart rate monitoring |
 | Chat room with other people from the study to share ideas |
 | Uploading BMI/weight loss onto website - self monitoring |
 | If phone calls weren’t appropriate, what else could we do to motivate you? |
6) Summary of session | Outlining main points of discussion and key issues raised |
 | Questions and thank everyone for their input |