Perceptions and factors influencing exercise interventions in elderly patients with debilitating spinal surgery and healthcare professionals: A qualitative study

Table 1 Outline of an interview with an elderly patient undergoing debilitating elective spinal surgery

	Outline of an interview with an elderly patient undergoing debilitating elective spinal surgery
1	What do you understand by frailty?
2	What is known about exercise interventions in frailty management?
3	What do you think are some of the frailty symptoms you are exhibiting? (What changes have occurred in your physical functioning, psychological condition, and daily life as you have aged?)
4	How are you coping with the above changes?
5	What types of exercise do you think are included in exercise interventions and which do you prefer?
6	What do you think would be difficult and what would you like to be helped with if you were to do the exercise workout?
7	What do you hope to achieve with your exercise intervention?
8	What other suggestions do you have for frailty exercise interventions?