Research Article
Participants’ Perspectives of a Primary Exercise-Based Prevention Program for Cardiac Patients: A Prepost Intervention Qualitative Case Study
Table 3
Reasons for participants’ sedentary behavior.
| Reasons | Participant # | Total | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P6 | P7 | P8 | P9 | P10 | P11 |
| (i) Lack of time | x | | x | x | | | x | x | x | x | 7/10 | (ii) Lack of interest | | | x | | | | x | x | | x | 4/10 | (iii) Lack of knowledge | | | | | | | | | | | 0/10 | (iv) Age | | | | | x | | | | | | 1/10 | (v) Too difficult | | | | | x | | x | | | | 2/10 | (vi) Fear of getting hurt | | | | | | x | | | | | 1/10 | (vii) Fear of heart attack | | | | | x | | | x | | | 2/10 | (viii) Too expensive | | | | | | | | | | x | 1/10 | (ix) Negative influence from entourage | | | | | | | | | | | 0/10 | (x) Health does not allow it | | | x | | | x | | | | | 2/10 | (xi) Difficult access to center | | | | | | | | | | | 0/10 | (xii) Transportation problems | | | | | | | | | | | 0/10 | (xiii) No access to a competent kinesiologist | | | | | | | | x | | x | 2/10 | (xiv) Lack of motivation | | | | | | | | | | | 0/10 | (xv) Other | | | | | | | | | | | 0/10 |
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