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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Abus. 2014 Oct 13;36(4):486–492. doi: 10.1080/08897077.2014.970323

TABLE 1.

Ecological Momentary Interventions (EMI) Utilization

Class of EMI
  Specific Type of EMI
% of
Clients
with 1+
Mean
per day
SD
per day
Mean
per week
Mean
Total
% 4/5
Usefulnessa
Any EMI 100% 23.5 12.7 162 847

Recovery Support 100% 5.7 5.5 40.1 206.4
  Discussion Groups 100% 2.7 2.0 18.8 97 91%
  Reach out to others 86% 1.8 4.3 12.4 62 NA
  Support Team 100% 1.0 0.7 6.8 36 94%
  Listen to Recovery Stories 90% 0.1 0.2 1.0 6 96%
  Meeting Locator 79% 0.1 0.1 0.8 4 77%
  Linking to Sponsor 34% 0.0 0.1 0.3 2 NA

Recovery Motivation 100% 3.1 1.7 21.9 115.6
  Motivational Messaging 100% 2.2 1.7 15.1 81 NA
  My Recovery Profile 97% 0.2 0.1 1.1 6 95%
  My Recovery Motivation 83% 0.7 0.4 5.2 26 NA
  Recovery Words 59% 0.1 0.1 0.5 2 100%
  Recovery Pictures 28% 0.0 0.1 0.1 1 84%

Relaxation 100% 1.6 1.2 11.1 57.5
  Guided Relaxation 97% 0.7 0.6 4.7 24 93%
  Listen to Music 83% 0.5 0.7 3.3 17 90%
  Play Games 72% 0.2 0.3 1.5 8 97%
  Learn/Read 69% 0.2 0.1 1.1 6 NA
  Exercise 62% 0.1 0.1 0.5 3 71%

Social Networking 90% 1.6 2.6 11.1 55.1
  Go on Facebook 78% 0.9 3.0 6.4 31.7 76%
  Socialb 83% 0.6 0.8 4.5 22.7 NA
  Contact Your Friends 35% 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.7 98%

NA - not available

a

Based on ratings given during weekly office visits for those EMIs they had used.

b

Were unable to separate Facebook from Contact Friends for first cohort.