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. 2013 Sep 3;2013:585143. doi: 10.1155/2013/585143

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.