Table 4.
Feedback on iTAB Demonstration by Participants with HTN and BD (n=13)
Themes and Categories | Illustrative Quotations from Respondents |
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Positive Response to iTAB | “Very good. What popped in my head was, why didn’t I think of that? I would give it an A+!” Respondent #11 |
Text Message Preference | “I prefer complete texts. I don’t like when people text in texties.” Respondent #8 |
Group Medications in Reminder Texts | “The text should say take your morning meds and in the evening, take your evening meds because I take all my morning and then all my evening meds at the same time.” Respondent #10 |
Use Names of Medical Conditions | “Name the condition. I don’t really care ‘cause it’s not like I had AIDS or something. It’s not like I don’t want nobody to know that I have bipolar and high blood pressure.” Respondent #9 |
Provide Information on Medication Risks and Benefits | ‘It’s very helpful to get information about the risks and benefits. You know they say knowledge is power so I think that’s good to add it, so that way it would help.” Respondent #5 |
Agreeable to Rating Mood Daily | “That would be great for me because due to my like short-term memory I don’t have remembrance of how many days I was feeling elevated or how many days I was feeling down. I don’t keep a journal. I don’t write it down. Yeah, that’s very helpful.” Respondent #2 |
Customize/Personalize Outgoing Messages | “I think you have to meet with each individual first and ask them about what times they take their meds and what kind of message they’d like to receive.” Respondent #3 |