Table 2.
Perceived impact of daily messages postintervention at all 3 time points.
| Perceived impact of Text4PTSI | Six weeks, n (%) | Three months, n (%) | Six months, n (%) | Total, n (%) | |||||
| Helped participants to cope with anxiety | |||||||||
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Agree or strongly agree | 32 (82) | 18 (78) | 29 (76) | 79 (79) | ||||
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Neutral | 6 (15) | 5 (22) | 9 (24) | 20 (20) | ||||
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Disagree or strongly disagree | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | ||||
| Helped participants to cope with depression | |||||||||
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Agree or strongly agree | 25 (64) | 17 (74) | 30 (79) | 72 (72) | ||||
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Neutral | 12 (31) | 5 (22) | 7 (18) | 24 (24) | ||||
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Disagree or strongly disagree | 2 (5) | 1 (4) | 1 (3) | 4 (4) | ||||
| Helped participants to cope with loneliness | |||||||||
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Agree or strongly agree | 20 (51) | 14 (61) | 20 (53) | 54 (54) | ||||
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Neutral | 16 (41.) | 7 (30) | 11 (29) | 34 (34) | ||||
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Disagree or strongly disagree | 3 (8) | 2 (9) | 7 (18) | 12 (12) | ||||
| Participants felt connected to a support system | |||||||||
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Agree or Strongly agree | 34 (87) | 18 (78) | 32 (84) | 84 (84) | ||||
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Neutral | 4 (10) | 5 (22) | 4 (11) | 13 (13) | ||||
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Disagree or strongly disagree | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 2 (5) | 3 (3) | ||||
| Helped participants feel hopeful to manage mental health or substance use concerns | |||||||||
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Agree or strongly agree | 32 (82) | 19 (83) | 31 (82) | 82 (82) | ||||
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Neutral | 7 (18) | 4 (17) | 7 (18) | 18 (18) | ||||
| Helped participants improve their overall mental well-being | |||||||||
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Agree or Strongly agree | 30 (77) | 20 (87) | 34 (89) | 84 (84) | ||||
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Neutral | 9 (23) | 2 (9) | 3 (8) | 14 (14) | ||||
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Disagree or strongly disagree | 0 (0) | 1 (4) | 1 (3) | 2 (2) | ||||
| Helped participants enhance their quality of life | |||||||||
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Agree or strongly agree | 29 (74) | 17 (74) | 31 (82) | 77 (77) | ||||
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Neutral | 9 (23) | 5 (22) | 7 (18) | 21 (21) | ||||
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Disagree or strongly disagree | 1 (3) | 1 (4) | 0 (0) | 2 (2) | ||||