Table 2.
Participant feedback, overall and stratified by ‘more active’ versus ‘less active’ groups within the mixed method study, Ireland (N=52)
| Statement | Whole group | More active group | Less active group | p* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n=23) | (n=11) | (n=12) | |||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| The Facebook group helped me to quit or reduce smoking | |||||||
| Agree | 14 | 60.9 | 10 | 90.9 | 4 | 33.3 | |
| Disagree | 7 | 30.4 | 1 | 9.1 | 6 | 50 | |
| Neutral | 2 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16.7 | <0.05 |
| I learned something from the Facebook group | |||||||
| Agree | 18 | 78.3 | 9 | 81.8 | 9 | 75 | |
| Disagree | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | |
| Neutral | 2 | 8.7 | 2 | 18.2 | 0 | 0 | NS |
| I felt like part of a community | |||||||
| Agree | 11 | 47.8 | 10 | 90.9 | 1 | 8.3 | |
| Disagree | 6 | 26.1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 50 | |
| Neutral | 6 | 26.1 | 1 | 9.1 | 5 | 41.7 | <0.001 |
| There was someone in the Facebook group that I could turn to for advice | |||||||
| Agree | 12 | 52.2 | 10 | 90.9 | 2 | 16.8 | |
| Disagree | 6 | 26.1 | 1 | 9.1 | 5 | 41.6 | |
| Neutral | 5 | 21.7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 41.6 | <0.001 |
*
Fisher’s exact test, comparing ‘more active’ and ‘less active’ groups, significant if p<0.05, NS: not significant.