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. 2012 Nov 14;14(6):e152. doi: 10.2196/jmir.2104

Table 2.

Descriptive variables of the included interventions per health care area

Variable
Chronic
(N = 19),
n (%)
Lifestyle
(N = 16),
n (%)
Mental
(N = 48),
n (%)
Total
(N = 83),
n (%)
Intended usage <= 1/month 1 (5) 3 (19) 1 (2) 5 (6)

1/month – 1/week 4 (21) 4 (25) 2 (4) 10 (12)

1/week 13 (68) 6 (38) 40 (83) 59 (71)

>1/week 1 (5) 3 (3) 5 (10) 9 (11)
Setup Free 5 (26) 10 (63) 1 (2) 16 (19)

Modular 14 (74) 6 (38) 47 (93) 67 (81)
Updates None 1 (5) 5 (31) 1 (1) 7 (8)

yes, FNSa 0 (0) 2 (13) 0 (0) 2 (2)

<= 1/month 2 (11) 1 (6) 1 (2) 4 (5)

1/month – 1/week 3 (16) 1 (6) 3 (6) 7 (8)

1/week 12 (63) 6 (38) 42 (88) 60 (72)

>1/week 1 (5) 1 (6) 1 (2) 3 (4)
Duration (weeks) mean (sd) 18.2 (15.8) 29.8 (33.9)b 11.1 (18.5) 15.8 (18.5)

Median 11 17 9 10
Interaction with counselor None 2 (11) 8 (50) 10 (21) 20 (24)
yes, FNS 3 (16) 3 (19) 2 (4) 8 (10)

<1/week 5 (26) 3 (19) 2 (4) 10 (12)

1/week 7 (37) 2 (13) 23 (48) 32 (39)

>1/week 2 (011 0 (0) 11 (23) 13 (16)
Interaction with system None 7 (37) 1 (6) 14 (29) 22 (27)
yes, FNS 6 (32) 1 (6) 3 (6) 10 (12)

<1/week 1 (5) 5 (31) 2 (4) 8 (10)

1/week 2 (11) 6 (38) 14 (29) 22 (27)

>1/week 3 (16) 3 (19) 15 (31) 21 (25)
Interaction with peers none 5 (26) 10 (63) 24 (50) 39 (47)

yes, FNS 10 (53) 4 (25) 10 (21) 24 (29)

<1/week 2 (11) 0 (0) 1 (2) 3 (4)

1/week 1 (5) 2 (13) 13 (27) 16 (19)

>1/week 1 (5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (1)
Face-to-face included 3 (16) 1 (6) 1 (2) 5(6)
Phone included 7 (37) 5 (31) 17 (35) 29 (35)
SMS included 0 (0) 2 (13) 5 (10) 7 (8)
Adherence mean (sd) 55.3 (19.8) 32.8 (23.0) 54.2 (27.4) 50.3 (26.2)

a FNS = Frequency not specified; b Based on 13 interventions. Three interventions (23, 26, and 27) did not specify duration.