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. 2018 Jun 18;12:1033–1042. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S166380

Table 2.

Feasibility measures and metrics

Feasibility measures Feasibility metrics
1. Mean number of days between the study’s first text message each month requesting text-messaged photographs and participants’ responses At least 80% of responses within 5 days of our first text message request
2. Mean number of reminder text messages required to elicit a response from the participant A mean of 2 additional reminder text messages per participant for the duration of the study
3. Mean frequency of nonresponse A mean of 2 nonresponses per participant for the study duration
4. Ability to extract the necessary information from images (mean number of attempts to receive clear pictures with the required information) A mean of 2 additional text message attempts per participant for the duration of the study
5. Mean length of time to recruit study participants Mean duration of 3 months
6. Percentage of participants retained until the end of the study Text-messaged photographs of medication vials and vial contents at 6 months from over 80% of participants
7. Mean number of mailed hair samples per participant Receipt of 3 out of 4 mailed hair samples from at least 80% of participants
8. Number of participants with whom we successfully conduct exit surveys and qualitative exit interviews Conducting surveys with at least 80% of study participants and qualitative interviews with 30%