Table 1 Interview guidelines

1. Please tell me how you understand diabetes and sarcopenia?

2. Please explain your experiences and feelings about exercise ?

3. Please describe your experiences regarding the barriers and facilitators that influence exercise? What efforts have you made to keep exercising?

4. Please tell me what kind of support you have received regarding exercise?

5. Please tell me what kind of support you need to perform exercise?

6. Please tell me about your opinions of and attitudes towards the professional instruction of exercise?