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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2022 Mar 10;37(2):228–234. doi: 10.1037/adb0000828

Table 2.

HAMS overall engagement and engagement by substance use goal

Overall Total abstinence goal Partial abstinence goal Moderation goal No limit goal
HAMS Logons N = 343 n = 41 n = 49 n = 226 n = 21
 Never 6 (1.7%) 1 (2.5%) 1 (2.4%) 3 (1.8%) 1 (6.3%)
 Once/twice per month or less 16 (6.1%) 4 (10.0%) 5 (12.2%) 6 (3.6%) 1 (6.3%)
 Approximately once per week 20 (7.6%) 1 (2.5%) 4 (9.8%) 14 (8.4%) 1 (6.3%)
 Several times per week 52 (19.8%) 15 (37.5%) 4 (9.8%) 28 (16.9%) 5 (31.3%)
 Daily 103 (39.2%) 13 (32.5%) 19 (46.3%) 66 (39.8%) 5 (31.3%)
 Several times per day 66 (25.1%) 6 (15.0%) 8 (19.5%) 49 (29.5%) 3 (18.8%)
Time spent on HAMS
 Just a few minutes 120 (46.9%) 24 (61.5%) 16 (40.0%) 74 (45.7%) 6 (40.0%)
 Approximately 30 minutes 96 (37.5%) 12 (30.8%) 16 (40.0%) 62 (38.3%) 6 (40.0%)
 Approximately 1 hour 29 (11.3%) 3 (7.7%) 4 (10.0%) 20 (12.3%) 2 (13.3%)
 1–3 hours 10 (3.9%) 0 (0%) 4 (10.0%) 5 (3.1%) 1 (6.7%)
 3+ hours 1 (0.4%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.6%) 0 (0.0%)
HAMS engagement
 Read discussion board post 95 (37.0%) 15 (37.5%) 13 (35.1%) 65 (39.6%) 2 (12.5%)
 Posted on discussion board 67 (26.1%) 9 (22.5%) 10 (27.0%) 46 (28.0%) 2 (12.5%)
 Read Facebook group post 225 (87.5%) 34 (85.0%) 34 (91.9%) 144 (87.8%) 13 (81.3%)
 Posted to Facebook group 155 (60.3%) 26 (65.0%) 26 (70.3%) 94 (57.3%) 9 (56.3%)
 Posted a status update 83 (32.3%) 15 (37.5%) 12 (32.4%) 52 (31.7%) 4 (25.0%)
 Posted a photo 33 (12.8%) 6 (15.0%) 3 (8.1%) 23 (14.0%) 1 (6.3%)
 “Attend” a live online video meeting 12 (4.7%) 1 (2.5%) 1 (2.7%) 9 (5.5%) 1 (6.3%)
 Participated in a live online video meeting 12 (4.7%) 1 (2.5%) 2 (5.4%) 8 (4.9%) 1 (6.3%)
 Group chat 16 (6.2%) 1 (2.5%) 3 (8.1%) 9 (5.5%) 3 (18.8%)
 Individual chat or message 47 (18.3%) 17 (7.5%) 4 (10.8%) 33 (20.1%) 3 (18.8%)
 Read an email support group message 13 (5.1%) 2 (5.0%) 3 (8.1%) 8 (4.9%) 0 (0.0%)
 Sent or responded to an email support group message 12 (4.7%) 3 (7.5%) 3 (8.1%) 6 (3.7%) 0 (0.0%)
 Other 5 (1.9%) 0 (0%) 2 (5.4%) 2 (1.2%) 1 (6.3%)

Note. Six participants did not report their substance use goal. Summing individual cells may not equal overall column total due to missingness. Percentage reported excludes missing responses.