Preliminary Evidence for Feasibility, Use, and Acceptability of Individualized Texting for Adherence Building for Antiretroviral Adherence and Substance Use Assessment among HIV-Infected Methamphetamine Users
Table 2
Participant intervention feedback as provided on a standardized questionnaire: text message ease of understanding/problems, satisfaction, self-perceived efficacy, and future direction.
Question
iTAB ()
Control ()
Text message ease of understanding/problems
I had difficulties understanding the text messages
Not at all
16 (94%)
8 (89%)
A little bit
0 (0%)
1 (11%)
Moderately
1 (6%)
0 (0%)
Quite a bit
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
Very much
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
Receiving text messages interfered with my daily activities
Not at all
13 (76%)
9 (100%)
A little bit
1 (6%)
0 (0%)
Moderately
2 (12%)
0 (0%)
Quite a bit
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
Very much
1 (6%)
0 (0%)
Satisfaction
How would you rate your overall satisfaction of participating in this study?
Extremely unsatisfied
0 (0%)
1 (11%)
Somewhat unsatisfied
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
Neither unsatisfied nor satisfied
1 (6%)
2 (22%)
Somewhat satisfied
5 (29%)
2 (22%)
Extremely satisfied
11 (65%)
4 (44%)
Self-perceived efficacy
Do you feel that the daily text message, “Have you done anything in the past 24 hours?” made you use methamphetamine
A lot less
6 (35%)
2 (22%)
A little less
6 (35%)
3 (33%)
About the same
4 (24%)
4 (44%)
A little more
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
A lot more
1 (6%)
0 (0%)
The intervention made my overall ART medication adherence
Much worse
0 (0%)
1 (11%)
A little worse
2 (12%)
0 (0%)
About the same
5 (29%)
3 (33%)
A little better
4 (24%)
5 (56%)
Much better
6 (35%)
0 (0%)
Future direction
I would participate in similar studies in the future
Not at all
0 (0%)
1 (11%)
A little bit
1 (6%)
0 (0%)
Moderately
3 (18%)
0 (0%)
Quite a bit
1 (6%)
1 (11%)
Very much
12 (71%)
7 (78%)
A text messaging intervention could be helpful to me in the future
Not at all
1 (6%)
1 (11%)
A little bit
1 (6%)
0 (0%)
Moderately
3 (18%)
3 (33%)
Quite a bit
2 (12%)
1 (11%)
Very much
10 (59%)
4 (44%)
Note: no significant differences were observed for any of the reported variables.
