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. 2022 Mar 22;11(3):e16430. doi: 10.2196/16430

Table 2.

Types of findings from the formative study.

Domain and specific constructs Example of types of findings
Intervention delivery

  • Patients’ preferences for the timing, frequency, and cadence of the messages

  • Ideal number of messages

  • Preferences for a message schedule

  • Preferred amount of time to respond to PROMa-related messages


  • Type of support to interpret and respond to the PROMs

  • Understanding of different visual representations of their own data

  • Key elements to include in the data visualization

  • Comprehension and interpretation of how to respond to PROM messages (eg, whether it should be based on the last hour or the moment the message was received)

  • Feedback on motivational messages

Perceived impact

  • Patient perceptions of the meaningfulness and usefulness of the data

  • Perceived potential impact of the intervention including

    • Awareness of short- and long-term changes in symptom severity

    • Usage of their data to have informed discussions with their rheumatologist regarding their symptoms

    • Perceived usefulness to support medication adherence

aPROM: patient-reported outcome measure.