Table 3.
Feasibility and acceptability of the CuidaTEXT study and intervention (n=21)
| Feasibility | ||
| Study recruitment | Recruitment duration | 61 days |
| Study enrollment | Enrollment duration * | 20 days |
| Intervention enrollment | Percentage of participants able to opt into CuidaTEXT* | 100% (n=24) |
| Retention rate | Percentage of enrolled participants who completed the follow-up survey * | 87.5% (n=21) |
| Assessment feasibility | Percentage of enrolled participants who completed the preliminary efficacy outcomes * | 83.3% (n=20) |
| Intervention delivery | Percentage of participants who experienced technical issues 1) Sometimes had no internet to see videos, 2) lost text message history when phone stopped working |
9.5% (n=2) |
| Intervention engagement | Percentage of participants who sent 0 text messages (no interaction) * | 8.3% (n=2) |
| Percentage of participants who sent 1–9 text messages (low interaction) * | 0.0% (n=0) | |
| Percentage of participants who sent 10–49 text messages (intermediate interaction) * | 37.5% (n=9) | |
| Percentage of participants who sent 50–99 text messages (high interaction) * | 29.2% (n=7) | |
| Percentage of participants who sent more than 100 text messages (very high interaction) * | 25.0% (n=6) | |
| Mean percentage text messages that were keywords | 44.1% (SD=30.6) | |
| Percentage of participants who unsubscribed from CuidaTEXT * | 0% (n=0) | |
| Percentage of participants who reported reading most messages thoroughly | 85.7% (18) | |
| Acceptability | ||
| Satisfaction | Very or extremely satisfied with intervention a | 100.0% (21) |
| Very or extremely satisfied with number of texts per day a | 90.4% (19) | |
| Very or extremely satisfied with keyword functionality a | 100.0% (19) | |
| Very or extremely satisfied with links to videos a | 93.8% (15) | |
| Very or extremely satisfied with numbers to resources a | 75.0% (12) | |
| Very or extremely satisfied with links to resources a | 95.0% (19) | |
| Very or extremely satisfied with length of the intervention a | 85.0% (17) | |
| Very or extremely satisfied with booklet a | 100.0% (13) | |
| Very or extremely satisfied with family participation a ** | 100.0% (4) | |
| Helpfulness | Helped a lot in caring for their care recipient b | 71.4% (15) |
| Helped a lot in caring for themselves b | 66.7% (14) | |
| Helped a lot in understanding more about the disease b | 85.7% (18) | |
| Usability | System Usability Scale score (0–100) | 95.8 (SD=9.7) |
*
Metrics calculated for all participants (n=24)
**
Only four participants responded to this question, as all other participants enrolled alone with no other relative
a
Very and extremely satisfied have been collapsed vs not at all and somewhat satisfied
b
Helped a lot vs not at all, a little and somehow.