Table 3.
Critical feedback and suggestions to improve SPAN.
| Category | Adolescent response | Parent response | Coach response |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program | ● Increase trial time
(2) ● Increase and define parent involvement |
● Increase trial time
(2) ● Increase and define parent involvement |
● Increase trial time (2) |
| App | ● Need for push notifications and
reminders ● Ability to customize look and feel of app ● Streamline steps vs. strategies ● Intro or wizard to using the app when first opened ● Gaining access to the app was difficult ● Beneficial for everyone (parents) to have access to the app as well. |
● Intro to app for adolescents to
use ● Needs more prompting and reminders (3) ● Need verification of tasks completed ● Improve style and visual appeal. ● Could only access app on 1 device ● Tech issues |
● Need for push notifications and
reminders (2) ● App count days working on goal from entry date, not date of beginning work on the goal ● Planning wizard and next steps can be repetitive. |
| Tips/topics | ● Time consuming to look
over ● Color scheme issues |
● Too much reading | ● Stylization of text to be edited for
ease and of reading ● Change layout on site to be less busy |
| Key topics | ● Text-dense and
overwhelming ● Color scheme issues |
● Text-dense and
overwhelming ● Too much reading |
● Not generally used in the
trial ● Change layout on site to be less busy ● Make more interactive modules using multimedia ● Make topics more enjoyable to read (stylization and length) ● Addition of tips (memory, organization, and budgeting) that may help in social outings. |
| Coaching | ● Length of meetings should be as needed, not set time. | ● Session time seemed too long. | ● Streamline
supervision ● Identification and screening of adolescents who are self-motivated |
Note. Numbers in parentheses following comments indicate the number of respondents (if more than one) that reported the same or similar comment.