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. 2019 Feb 28;7(2):e12209. doi: 10.2196/12209

Table 6.

Self-monitoring engagement by treatment arm.

Self-monitoring engagement by time period Median (interquartile range)

Simultaneous (n=32) Sequential (n=34) App-Only (n=34) P value
Baseline to 4 weeks (out of 28 days)

Number of days per week tracked weight 6.25 (2.63 to 6.75) 5.75 (3.50 to 6.50) 0 (0 to 0.75) a

Number of days per week tracked diet 6.50 (3.88 to 7.00) 0 (0) 5.38 (2.25 to 7.00)

Percentage of days tracked weight 89 (37 to 96) 82 (50 to 93) 0 (0 to 11) .52b; <.001c

Percentage of days tracked diet 93 (55 to 100) 0 (0) 77 (32 to 100) .37d; <.001c
5 to 12 weeks (out of 55 days)

Number of days per week tracked weight 4.50 (0.69 to 6.13) 4.06 (0.75 to 6.63) 0 (0 to 0.25)

Number of days per week tracked diet 4.88 (0.44 to 6.56) 1.88 (0.25 to 5.50) 1.44 (0 to 4.25)

Percentage of days tracked weight 65 (10 to 89) 59 (11 to 95) 0 (0 to 4) .95b; <.001c

Percentage of days tracked diet 70 (6 to 95) 27 (4 to 80) 21 (0 to 62) .54c; .17e
Entire intervention (out of 83 days)

Number of days per week tracked weight 5.08 (1.75 to 6.25) 4.83 (1.92 to 6.25) 0.08 (0 to 0.58)

Number of days per week tracked diet 5.33 (1.83 to 6.67) f 2.92 (1.17 to 5.17)

Percentage of days tracked weight 73 (25 to 90) 70 (28 to 90) 1 (0 to 8) .92b; <.001c

Percentage of days tracked diet 77 (27 to 96) f 42 (17 to 75) .10d

Percentage of action plans completed 70 (14 to 91) 27 (9 to 82) .21b
13 weeks to 6 months (postintervention; out of 99 days)g

Number of days per week tracked weight 0.32 (0 to 0.89) 0.43 (0 to 1.64) 0 (0 to 0.14)

Number of days per week tracked diet 0.14 (0 to 1.18) 0 (0 to 0.29) 0 (0 to 0.43)

Percentage of days tracked weight 5 (0 to 14) 7 (0 to 23) 0 (0 to 2) .78b; .004c

Percentage of days tracked diet 3 (0 to 17) 0 (0 to 5) 0 (0 to 6) .96c; .43e

aNot applicable.

bSimultaneous arm versus Sequential arm.

cSequential arm versus App-Only arm.

dSimultaneous arm versus App-Only arm.

eAll arms.

fAs the Sequential arm did not track diet in the first 4 weeks of the intervention, their results for the “Entire intervention” section would be the same as the results in the “5 to 12 weeks” section above.

gOne additional participant was omitted in analyses (App-Only arm) at 6 months because of becoming ineligible after the intervention period and before 6-months.