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. 2013 Apr 15;15(4):e32. doi: 10.2196/jmir.2283

Table 4.

Total number of days that the interventions were used (N=128).

Intervention use Smartphone
(n=43)
Diary
(n=43)
Website
(n=42)
P a
Total number of days intervention usedb



6 weeks (42 days), median (IQR) 36 (21-42) 29 (0-38) 15 (6-33) .004
Completing every day, n (%) 14 (33) 8 (19) 3 (7)
6 months (184 days), median (IQR) 82 (28-172) 18 (0-37) 15 (7-45) <.001
Completing every day, n (%) 7 (16 ) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Completing 0 days/not returning
paper diary, n (%)
1 (2) 31 (78) 3(7)

a Significant difference between groups assessed by Kruskal-Wallis equality-of-populations rank test because adherence variable not normally distributed and not improved after log transformation; significant difference at P<.05.

b A usage day is considered to be a day with ≥500 and ≤5000 kcal energy recorded.