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Table 6 Enablers and barriers to physical activity in pregnant women mapped on the motivational interviewing session and Stay-Active

From: Applying the behaviour change wheel to develop a smartphone application ‘stay-active’ to increase physical activity in women with gestational diabetes

Themesa

Motivational Interviewing session

Stay-Active

Information on benefits of PA

Yes

Yes

Information on Types of PA

Yes

Yes

Addressing concerns

Yes

Yes

Provide emotional support

Yes

Yes

Encourage involvement with friend and family

Yes

No

Using prompt or reminder to be physical activity

No

Yes

Accessible resources

No

Yes

Information on resource available in the community (classes for pregnant women)

Yes

Yes

Monitor PA progress

No

Yes

Change social norm (you can be active in pregnancy

Yes

Yes

Time to be physically active

No

No

Home based exercise

Yes

Yes

Supervision/follow input

Yes

Yes

  1. Abbreviations: PA Physical activity
  2. aThemes taken from focus groups, current literature and adapted from Flannery et al. [43]