Improving the Quality of Life of Family Caregivers of People with Alzheimer’s Disease through Virtual Communities of Practice: A Quasiexperimental Study

Table 6

Themes and quotations.

Theme	Quotation
Positive experience	“The group is positive, for me it has been very good” (participant1); “I really enjoyed the App” (participant2)
Another tool	“This App adds to the range of options available” (participant3); “One more tool to look for support apart from professional care which is very good” (participant4)
Managing own participation	“I am not active. When there were no messages, I missed it” (participant5); “The key is that if you feel like speaking, you speak and if you don’t, you don’t speak” (participant 6)
Peer-people	“Being able to talk to people who have the same thing as you, the same problem as you and you see that we can't do anything about it because the disease advances” (participant7); “Because of all I read I realise what’s to come, this has accelerated my learning and told me to take advantage, take advantage now that you can do all these things” (participant8)
App continuity	“I wish the App could continue; it shouldn't be closing down” (participant7); “I’d like to know if there was a chance that keep the App alive and that people could be added” (participant1)
Availability	“You can enter whenever you want” (participant9); “Advantage of doing it when you want” (participant10)
Different phases	“Having caregivers going through different emotional and disease points is an advantage and a disadvantage” (participant6); “We are all at different phases, emotionally and regarding to the disease” (participant11)
No loneliness	“With this App you have people around you who listen to you and love you” (participant11); “You don’t feel alone anymore” (participant13)