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. 2016 Jul 29;4(3):e91. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.5418

Table 3.

Proportion of adolescents that met the requirements for food recording with digital images, by group.

Criteriaa High-Level interventionb (n=21) Low-Level interventionc (n=21) P d
1. Correctly placed FMe in the image, n (%) 9 (43) 20 (95) <.001
2. Only good-quality images for whole report, n (%) 15 (71) 20 (95) .11
3. Texted food intake accompanied by image with FM, n (%) 17 (81) 20 (95) .15
4. Complete information for each meal in FRDIf, n (%) 15 (71) 20 (95) .04
5. Sent “end” message, n (%) 9 (33) 8 (38) .75
Total score for meeting criteria, mean (SD) 3.4 (1.1) 4.3 (0.7) .01

aEach criterion met was worth 1 point, except for image quality, where a score of 1 was given if all images in the food record with digital images (FRDI) were of good quality, 0.5 if at least half were of good quality, and 0 if less than half were of good quality.

bHigh-level intervention involved one-on-one, face-to-face training and real-time support during food recording day.

cLow-level intervention involved one-on-one training via telephone with only a follow-up after the food recording day.

dChi-square test for each criterion and Mann-Whitney U test for the total score.

eFM: fiducial marker.

fFRDI: food record with digital images. Information on meal name—breakfast, snack, lunch, or dinner/supper—meal time, and foods and corresponding amounts eaten were included in text messages.