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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol. 2023 Jun 7;111:75–83. doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2023.05.007

Table 5.

Feedback on the study procedures for participants in Sample 1 (n=5) and Sample 2 (n=84)

Feedback question for Sample 1:
Do you have any additional feedback for us about your participation in the current study or ideas for implementing an alcohol band intervention in the future?
I think having an application that would run regardless of whether or not the app is on would be tight. But don’t take this too seriously, I know next to nothing on how technology works.
No, it was a great experience overall!
Ability to allow close friends to see location/BAC
Feedback question for Sample 2:
Please type any other comments that you might have about the study in the box.
The wristbands were a little uncomfortable and too large for my wrist.
The data that is shown corresponds accurately to the times and amount of drinks that were consumed. The only comment I have is that the bracelet itself, although nice and simple in design, irritated the skin on the underside of my wrist with the constant wearing of it. Maybe cushioning the bottom of the part that touches the wrist would be beneficial!
the bracelet was kinda big on my wrist so it wiggled around a lot
While the data collection was pretty accurate, I think it would be even more accurate if I knew in advance what I had to record. For example, in the daily surveys, I didn’t know that I had to know the times of my first and last drink until I took the first one.
the writstband pinched my wrist the entire week other than that it was fine
The data may have been more accurate if the process of submitting a time stamp for each drink was more simple.
Times may have been a little off but seem pretty spot on.
my wrist is pretty small so I woke up several times to it having fallen off of my wrist/ not being fully secured to my wrist
It could be a little bit easier
For the second spike, I only had 3 drinks, but they were stronger than a normal drink which will explain the higher spike
The last drinking time, I opened a drink and took a few sips, but ended up doing laundry and then coming back to it, which is demonstrated by how the spike doesn’t occur until a bit later
Upon receiving the wristband I was instructed to charge it every two days - it never died and when I went to charge it, it was always solid green never blinking
I am a nursing student and while in the hospital, I frequently use hand sanitizer so though I was cautious about making sure the hand sanitizer didnt go near the wristband I just wanted to keep you informed.