Table 4.

Feedback on iTAB Demonstration by Participants with HTN and BD (n=13)

Themes and Categories	Illustrative Quotations from Respondents
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