Table 3.
Participants’ perceptions of the automated mobile contingency management intervention 4 weeks after a scheduled quit attempt (N=16).
| Perceptionsa | Agree or strongly agree, n (%) | Neither agree or disagree, n (%) | Disagree or strongly disagree, n (%) |
| The smartphone app was easy to use overall | 12 (75) | 2 (13) | 0 (0) |
| My overall opinion of the smartphone app was positive | 11 (69) | 2 (13) | 1 (6) |
| The smoking monitor was easy to use | 11 (69) | 1 (6) | 2 (13) |
| It was difficult to blow into the smoking monitor while keeping my face in front of the smartphone screen | 4 (25) | 3 (19) | 7 (44) |
| It was easy to tell how much I had earned for quitting each day/week by checking the payment screen | 12 (75) | 1 (6) | 1 (6) |
| The opportunity to earn financial incentives for quitting helped keep my motivation for quitting high | 11 (69) | 3 (19) | 0 (0) |
| Earning financial incentives for quitting helped me to feel more confident in my ability to quit | 11 (69) | 3 (19) | 0 (0) |
| Earning financial incentives for quitting smoking helped me to successfully quit smoking | 5 (31) | 7 (44) | 2 (13) |
aA total of 88% (14/16) participants completed the perception survey 4 weeks after the scheduled quit date. As a result, the frequencies across the rows do not add up to 100%. The omitted 13% reflects the missing responses of 2 participants who were among the first half of the participants enrolled.