Table 2.
Participant intervention feedback as provided on a standardized questionnaire: text message ease of understanding/problems, satisfaction, self-perceived efficacy, and future direction.
Question | iTAB (n = 17) | Control (n = 9) |
---|---|---|
Text message ease of understanding/problems | ||
I had difficulties understanding the text messages | ||
Not at all | 16 (94%) | 8 (89%) |
A little bit | 0 (0%) | 1 (11%) |
Moderately | 1 (6%) | 0 (0%) |
Quite a bit | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Very much | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Receiving text messages interfered with my daily activities | ||
Not at all | 13 (76%) | 9 (100%) |
A little bit | 1 (6%) | 0 (0%) |
Moderately | 2 (12%) | 0 (0%) |
Quite a bit | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Very much | 1 (6%) | 0 (0%) |
Satisfaction | ||
How would you rate your overall satisfaction of participating in this study? | ||
Extremely unsatisfied | 0 (0%) | 1 (11%) |
Somewhat unsatisfied | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Neither unsatisfied nor satisfied | 1 (6%) | 2 (22%) |
Somewhat satisfied | 5 (29%) | 2 (22%) |
Extremely satisfied | 11 (65%) | 4 (44%) |
Self-perceived efficacy | ||
Do you feel that the daily text message, “Have you done anything in the past 24 hours?” made you use methamphetamine | ||
A lot less | 6 (35%) | 2 (22%) |
A little less | 6 (35%) | 3 (33%) |
About the same | 4 (24%) | 4 (44%) |
A little more | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
A lot more | 1 (6%) | 0 (0%) |
The intervention made my overall ART medication adherence | ||
Much worse | 0 (0%) | 1 (11%) |
A little worse | 2 (12%) | 0 (0%) |
About the same | 5 (29%) | 3 (33%) |
A little better | 4 (24%) | 5 (56%) |
Much better | 6 (35%) | 0 (0%) |
Future direction | ||
I would participate in similar studies in the future | ||
Not at all | 0 (0%) | 1 (11%) |
A little bit | 1 (6%) | 0 (0%) |
Moderately | 3 (18%) | 0 (0%) |
Quite a bit | 1 (6%) | 1 (11%) |
Very much | 12 (71%) | 7 (78%) |
A text messaging intervention could be helpful to me in the future | ||
Not at all | 1 (6%) | 1 (11%) |
A little bit | 1 (6%) | 0 (0%) |
Moderately | 3 (18%) | 3 (33%) |
Quite a bit | 2 (12%) | 1 (11%) |
Very much | 10 (59%) | 4 (44%) |
Note: no significant differences were observed for any of the reported variables.