| Question | Yes N (%) | Exemplar Quotes | No N (%) | Exemplar Quotes | ||
| Feasibility: Did you stick to the protocol of use: 5 times a week for 3 weeks, 3 times a week for 3 weeks? | 12 (66.7) | P10: Yeah. I’ve stuck to it. I’ve made sure that I’m making myself available at the correct time to do it. | 6 (33.3) | P11: When I first got it, I was so excited to use it. I used it five days in a row, and then I didn’t use it for I think 10 or 11 days. P15: Some days I would forget and get to the end of the week and it’s like ok I should have done that, I will admit that last week I haven’t used it at all. | ||
| Usability: Did you have any practical problems using the Flow? | 5 (27.8)
| P6: … a couple of occasions where we just couldn’t get the Bluetooth to pair. P7: Better for it to warn me [insufficient charge] before [session start] P12: Securing the pads, the little black plastic thing that you clip them in, they don’t always bite in correctly. | 13 (72.2)
| P5: I found it very easy, very straightforward. | ||
| Usability: Did you have any practical problems using the Flow software app? | 0 (0) |
| 18 (100%) | P9: No, the app was really good. Easy to download and use. | ||
| Acceptability: Did you use the following app training?: | ||||||
| · Mindfulness meditation | 10 (55.6) | P5: I found it very helpful. P13: I found the technique used on there was incredibly straightforward and easy to follow. P18: It is just calming. | 8 (44.4)
| P11: I’ve never really done any meditation. It’s not to say I wouldn’t do it. | ||
| · The anti-depression diet | 13 (72.2) | P1: It was interesting to see the foods that were good for you. P10: I found it helpful, you know, because there’s obviously there’s good food, bad food, and I was eating a lot of bad food. P:18 We moved across to… a Mediterranean diet | 5 (27.8)
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| · Looking back and planning ahead | 8 (44.4)
| P2: It was useful looking at what I had been doing and how I’d felt and made me realise what things did affect me more than others. P3: I did, yes, because it was nice to look back at how far I’ve come. And I like planning ahead. | 10 (55.6)
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| · Choosing your actions | 10 (55.6)
| P3: I liked the choosing the actions because it gave you options to choose from. And I am like oh, yeah, that one’s achievable. I can do that one. P10: Flow brought that to my attention, and I could see the reasoning behind it. | 8 (44.4)
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| · Exercise for your brain | 11 (61.1)
| P5: Actually doing the exercise itself makes me feel better, definitely. It makes me feel energised. P18: I try to keep mentally active. | 7 (38.9) |
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| · Therapeutic sleep | 11 (61.1)
| P3: I did love the therapeutic sleep training. It has made a massive difference to my sleep. P13: I have done that one. And I think it’s working because I’m sleeping better. | 7 (38.9) | P12: No, to be honest, sleeping is not a thing I have a great issue with. I can get to sleep easily enough. | ||
| Acceptability: Did you experience any side effects from using the Flow | 15 (83.3) | P15: I had less headaches when using Flow… I can’t think of anything that caused an issue. P10: There were no side effects or negative effects while using the Flow or after the Flow that I experienced. | 3 (16.7) | P4: The first, probably the first week, I got headaches after [using it]. | ||
| Acceptability: Would you want to keep the flow | 17 (94.4)
| P2: I’d like to keep going with it… hopefully not take medication and just try with Flow. P12: I would like to keep it because I think a) it’s helping me, and b) I would like to keep it because ultimately, I’d like to be able to come off antidepressants if I could. | 1 (5.6) | P6: I’ll probably say no. Only that I feel it would benefit somebody else… it’s had a positive effect… I’d like somebody else to benefit from it really. | ||
| Value: Did you notice any improvements after using the Flow? | 17 (94.4) | P6: Yes, I feel it did, give improvements without a doubt. | 1 (5.6) | P17: I didn’t, to be truthful with you, I didn’t really notice any significant change at all. | ||
| What was the length of time following use, to notice improvements? | 4 (22.2)
| Within the first week P13: I say my sleeping improved pretty quickly, after using it…. I think within the first week |
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| 8 (44.4)
| Two weeks P10: Two weeks after using the Flow regularly for five nights. |
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| 4 (22.2)
| Three weeks P4: Yeah, it was probably about, three weeks. For three weeks, I remember being at work and having a good day. |
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| 1 (5.6) | Five weeks P5: Five weeks is when I have most noticed that I have started to look at things differently, that I am behaving differently in myself, and actually looking forward to things. |
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