Table 7.
Characteristics of interventions and rates of adherence: observational or experience sampling method studies.
| First author and year | Length of intervention | Adherence measure and rate | Dropout rate (%) | Type of social presence | Frequency of social presence | Service user involvement in development | Measure of participant feedback and rating of acceptability |
| Brenner 2014 [22] | 6x a day for 7 days | Mean % of entries completed: 98.10 (response rate across all participants) | None | Researcher called participant to check in and assist with technical difficulties | 2x/week | None described | Response rate 98.1% |
| Kimhy 2014 [17] | 10x a day for 2 days | Mean % of entries completed: 79.15 (response rate across all participants) | 35(37%) | None reported | None | None described | Not reported |
| Hartley 2014 [41] | 10x a day for 6 days | Mean % of entries completed: 59 (response rate for completers; completion of the schedule defined as completing at least half of the entries (n=27)) | 5 (15 %) | During the first day, patients contacted to ensure functional equipment | Once in a week, but if needed additional phone contacts were arranged | Feedback questionnaire about involvement | |
| Kimhy 2014 [9] | 10x a day for 1 days | Mean % of entries completed: 81 (response rate for all participants) | 1(3%) | Introduction session for 20 min on first day | None reported | None reported | 81% response rate |
| So 2013 [42] | 14 days 7x a day, randomly | Mean % of entries completed:70.7 (response rate in participants who completed at least 1/3 of entries) | 5 (19%) | Contacted by researcher at least 2x during first week, to offer support and remind to change battery | Participants were encouraged to contact researcher by phone if problems | None reported | 16 participants met criteria for minimum compliance, completing 30 or more diary entries |
| Sanchez 2014 [43] | Phone call 4x a day for 7 days | Mean % of entries completed: 80.16 (response rate for all participants with schizophrenia) | 4 (4%) | Participants were called 4x a day | 4x a day, each patient was interviewed about their environment, goals, and activities | None reported | Response rate to calls was 80.6% in patients and 81.3% in controls |
| Ben-Zeev 2016 [6] | Outpatients 2 weeks 12 hours a day, inpatients 1 week 12 hours a day | % of participants completing the study: 95% (one participant did not charge the phone regularly) | 0 | Once at the beginning to set up phone | Once | Post tudy usability and acceptability questionnaires | 95% felt comfortable using the mobile phone sensing system, and 70% understood how it worked and did not have difficulty keeping the device with them |