Table 3.
Ratings of how the Smiling Instead of Smoking app version 2 might have helped (N=95).
| User ratingsa | Value, mean (SD) | Agree and Strongly agree, n (%) | |||
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...reminded me why I wanted to quit. | 4.4 (0.9) | 87 (92) | ||
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...reminded me that quitting was important to me. | 4.4 (0.8) | 87 (92) | ||
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...showed me how happiness is important in numerous ways. | 4.3 (0.9) | 82 (86) | ||
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...made me think that it was worthwhile for me to quit. | 4.3 (0.9) | 81 (85) | ||
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...helped remind me to stay on track with quitting. | 4.2 (1.0) | 80 (84) | ||
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...helped me prepare for the quit attempt. | 4.3 (1.0) | 80 (84) | ||
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...helped me stay positive while quitting. | 4.2 (1.0) | 78 (82) | ||
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...gave me a sense of accomplishment as I progressed through my quit attempt. | 4.3 (0.9) | 78 (82) | ||
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...made me feel that I knew the right steps to take to quit. | 4.2 (0.9) | 78 (82) | ||
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...made me take my quit attempt seriously. | 4.2 (1.0) | 76 (80) | ||
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...gave me confidence that I can quit smoking. | 4.0 (0.9) | 73 (77) | ||
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...reminded me in crucial moments to stay quit. | 4.1 (1.0) | 72 (76) | ||
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...made me feel that someone cared if I quit. | 4.1 (1.0) | 70 (74) | ||
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...encouraged me when things were getting tough. | 4.0 (1.0) | 70 (74) | ||
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...gave me the feeling I could get trusted advice at any time. | 3.9 (1.1) | 67 (71) | ||
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...helped me deal with risky smoking times. | 3.9 (1.1) | 65 (68) | ||
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...gave me a new toy to play with rather than dwell on quitting. | 3.7 (1.3) | 60 (63) | ||
| Overall ratings | |||||
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Would you recommend the SiS app to a friend who wants to quit smoking? (yes) | —c | 87 (92) | ||
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Taken altogether, do you think that the app helped you in your quit attempt? (yes) | — | 83 (87) | ||
aRated on a 5-point Likert scale: 1=strongly disagree, 2=disagree, 3=neither agree nor disagree, 4=agree, and 5=strongly agree.
bSiS: Smiling Instead of Smoking.
cThe overall rating questions were answered as yes or no, therefore, there is no mean for this item.