Table 2.
Participant engagement, perceptions, and smoking-related outcomes (4 weeks; N=23).
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| Engagement | |||
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Texted the chatbot at least once, n/N (%) | 16/23 (70) | |
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Number of texts sent to BeFreeBot, mean (SD; range) | 14.5 (23.6; 0-96) | |
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Responses sent by BeFreeBot, mean (SD; range) | 14.3 (23.0; 0-92) | |
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Days texting BeFreeBot, mean (SD) | 3.9 (4.4) | |
| Acceptability, n/N (%) | |||
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Highly satisfied with the program overall | 13/19 (68) | |
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Highly satisfied with BeFreeBot | 13/18 (72) | |
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BeFreeBot was helpful | 11/19 (58) | |
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BeFreeBot responses were easy to understand | 16/17 (94) | |
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BeFreeBot could answer all questions | 12/17 (71) | |
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Would recommend BeFreeBot to a friend | 13/18 (72) | |
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Trusted responses from BeFreeBot | 12/17 (71) | |
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Preferred an AIa counselor over a human one | 7/19 (37) | |
| Smoking-related outcomes | |||
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Self-report of no smoking in the previous 7 days, n/N (%) | 7/19 (37) | |
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Self-report of no smoking in the previous 7 days (missing imputed as smoking), n/N (%) | 7/23 (30) | |
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Change in cigarettes smoked per day, mean (SD) | 4.5 (7.8) | |
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Past-month quit attempt (yes), n/N (%) | 17/19 (90) | |
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