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. 2017 Jul 20;5(7):e94. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.7088

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