Although patients stated that they enjoyed

interacting with other patients in the gym, they did not appear to do this on the wards: Really, I don’t mix up with anybody. Except the persons in the gym. Make a lot of friends there. (P5) When reflecting on their weekends without physiotherapy sessions, patients commented: It does get boring. (P8) Physiotherapy on Saturdays was seen as a break from the monotony of the wards over the weekend and patients felt that it see more provided purpose to their day and eased their boredom: Oh, well, it’s a great idea really, because you do get a little bored just sitting around up there. (P18) Saturday therapy changed patients’ perceptions of rehabilitation on the weekend. Patients who received Monday to Saturday therapy perceived Saturday as an extension of their weekday Saracatinib rehabilitation and it was just another physio day (P12). Patients reported that they liked Saturday physiotherapy sessions for the same reasons they liked weekday physiotherapy sessions: interaction with therapists, socialisation with other patients and motivation to participate. In addition, they also reported that there wasn’t a break in therapy: Oh, I think it kept the flow, I really do. I think after two days off the muscles would be back flopping everywhere and so forth. (P11) For patients who received Monday to Saturday physiotherapy, the

interactions that occurred on Saturdays appeared to create an expectation that physiotherapy should be part of every day in rehabilitation, which seemed to help patients accept and embrace the additional physiotherapy. Patients who received Monday to Friday physiotherapy

reported different perceptions of what the weekends were for. They did not feel like Saturday was a typical rehabilitation day: Um, I think in our minds, Saturday and Sunday are days that you just don’t do things like that. (P7) Instead patients reported they would be entertaining visitors or doing sedentary activities on the weekend: I have visitors and that’s important too. (P4) These patients said they were concerned that they would not get enough rest if they received additional physiotherapy: That’s enough for me at the moment. I couldn’t until cope with any more because I get so very tired. (P4) This was in contrast to patients who did receive physiotherapy on Saturdays who reported that they got enough rest already: Plenty of rest (laughs). Too much rest (laughs). (P13) Contentment with the amount of physiotherapy; after all, therapist knows best! Most patients had not given much thought to the amount of physiotherapy they received but when asked they responded that they were content with the amount of physiotherapy provided regardless of whether or not they received Saturday physiotherapy: As far as I’m concerned that physio was very adequate and just what I needed.