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. 2015 Dec 16;3(4):e97. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.4603

Table 2.

Adherence, device frequency, and ratings of the MAMRT system.



Child Parent
EFT
(n=11)
NIT
(n=9)
P value EFT
(n=11)
NIT
(n=9)
P value
Adherence, n % (SD)







4-week average response 78.7 (15.1) 81.0 (15.5) .65 87.0 (13.3) 92.9 (8.5) .27
Device frequency, n % (SD) a







Desktop 27.0 (30.9) 16.1 (33.0) .34 34.2 (38.9) 21.3 (33.7) .33

Tablet 21.4 (28.7) 31.2 (37.0) .24 2.7 (5.9) 16.5 (31.3) .15

Mobile phone 51.7 (39.2) 52.8 (44.4) .87 63.1 (38.5) 62.2 (45.1) .92
Ease of use, mean (SD) b







Listening to audio cue before eating 3.5 (0.7) 3.6 (1.5) .97 3.4 (0.7) 3.9 (0.8) .41

Thinking about events from audio cue during eating episodes 3.6 (0.9) 3.1 (1.6) .37 3.8 (1.2) 3.6 (0.9) .26

Using audio cue in tempting situations 3.6 (1.0) 2.8 (1.5) .18 3.5 (1.1) 2.7 (0.9) .08
Usefulness, mean (SD) b







Nutrition audio cue 3.4 (0.9) 3.4 (1.5) .79 4.0 (1.0) 4.0 (1.0) .62

Completing survey responses after listening to the audio cue 3.7 (1.2) 3.6 (1.6) .67 2.5 (1.2) 3.1 (1.5) .76

Timing of the scheduled prompts and reminder messages 2.8 (1.1) 3.0 (1.7) .87 3.7 (0.9) 3.3 (0.7) .32

Receiving prompts twice daily 3.8 (0.9) 3.2 (1.8) .39 4.1 (1.1) 3.9 (0.6) .80

One web link to access audio cue and survey questions 3.8 (1.3) 3.3 (1.2) .54 4.0 (1.4) 4.0 (1.3) .75
Helpfulness, mean (SD) b







Changing eating habits 4.2 (0.9) 3.9 (1.1) .25 4.3 (0.8) 3.9 (0.9) .04

aOverall frequency of which device was used to access the system.

bRatings of the system are on a 5-point Likert scale (values closer to 1=not at all; 5=extremely).