Table 1.
Participant feedback from the intervention completers (n=13).
| Question & Response Options | Participant Response Selections | ||
| How have the text messages made you more active in reducing your contact with secondhand smoke? n (%) | |||
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I have avoided people smoking around me. | 11 (85) | |
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I noticed more people smoking around me. | 8 (62) | |
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I asked friends not to smoke around me. | 4 (31) | |
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I stopped smoking myself. | 1 (8) | |
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I wasn’t active in reducing my contact. | 1 (8) | |
| On a scale of 0-100 (0=not helpful, 100=very helpful), how would you rate the text messages in helping you remember the dangers of being in contact with secondhand smoke? Mean (SD) | 85.8 (23) | ||
| On a scale from 0-100 (0=too many to read, 100=I would have liked more), how did you feel about getting the text messages? Mean (SD) | 85.2 (20.2) | ||
| Did you talk to anyone else about the information in the text messages? n (%) | |||
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I shared with both family and friends. | 5 (38) | |
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I shared with family only. | 4 (31) | |
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I share with friends only. | 3 (23) | |
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I didn’t share any messages. | 1 (8) | |
| What did you like most about this study? n (%) | |||
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Getting gift cards | 12 (92) | |
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Receiving text messages | 9 (69) | |
| What suggestions do you have for us to make this study better? n (%) | |||
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Nothing | 8 (62) | |
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More true-or-false questions | 2 (15) | |
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More information on side effects of secondhand smoke | 1 (8) | |
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More text messages | 1 (8) | |
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Make sure there are no technical issues | 1 (8) | |
| Please let us know why you may have not responded to our messages; n (%) | |||
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I didn’t have my cell phone with me. | 5 (38) | |
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My phone service changed. | 3 (23) | |
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No particular reason. | 3 (23) | |
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I was too busy. | 2 (15) | |