Table 3:
Patient Experience Using video-DOT Smart Phone Application
n (%) | |
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Application likes/benefits | |
Increased accountability for and structure to medication administration | 10 (71.4) |
Simple to use | 8 (57.1) |
Helpful | 4 (28.6) |
Assisted with reflection on progress in treatment | 3 (21.4) |
Provided an extra contact point | 1 (7.1) |
Helped to open dialogue about recovery with family/friends | 1 (7.1) |
Learning to use new technology | 1 (7.1) |
Flexibility to use the application as it fit personal schedule | 1 (7.1) |
Application dislikes/barriers to use | |
Discomfort/awkwardness of filming medication administration | 6 (42.9) |
Time commitment/adding steps to medication ingestion | 5 (35.7) |
Application frustrations (charging phone, logging in for each use, agreeing to terms of use) | 4 (28.6) |
Technical issues (videos not uploading, application closing) | 4 (28.6) |
Finding private space to use application | 3 (21.4) |
Difficulty remembering to use application | 2 (14.3) |
Question regarding craving triggered desire to use | 1 (7.1) |
Nothing to report | 2 (14.3) |