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. 2015 May 8;3(2):e39. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.3879

Table 3.

Usage of diary features for Cycles 1-3.



Cycle 1 (n=11) Cycle 2 (n=19) Cycle 3 (n=13)
Web reports




% (#) visited reports N/A 0% (0) 0% (0)
Reminders




% (#) disabled reminders 9% (1) 5% (1) 7% (1)

% (#) modified reminder time 36% (4) 47% (9) 31% (4)

Range of reminder time 5:00pm-10:30pm 9:00pm-11:00pm 7:00pm-10:00pm
Customizable list of potential triggers to record daily

% (#) edited default trigger list 73% (8) 58% (11) 54% (7)

Mdn # (range) of potential triggers concurrently recorded, per participant 2 (0-4.2) 3.62 (2-21.5) 3.67 (2-9.2)

Top 5 most common selected triggers per Cycle: % (#) of participants who tracked each trigger Stressed: 91% (10) Stressed: 100% (19) Stressed: 85% (11) a

Tired/fatigued: 83% (9) Tired/fatigued: 100% (19) Tired/fatigued: 77% (10)

Period: 37% (4) Period: 74% (14) Period: 77% (10)

Lack of sleep: 27% (3) Computer use: 21% (4)

Caffeine, less than usual: 27% (3) Missing meal/ hunger: 21% (4)
Comments section

% (#) of participants who used the headache comments 45% (5) 50% (9) 46% (6)

Mdn % (range) times the headache comments section used 22.22%
(14.29%-50%)
40%
(16.67-100)
50%
(9.09-60)

% (#) of participants who used daily diary comments 45% (5) 58% (11) 64% (7)

Mdn % (range) times daily diary comments section used 33.33%
(14.29%-100%)
27.27%
(7.69%-80%)
14.28%
(7.14%-50%)

aFor Cycle 3, there were only 3 top triggers.