Smartphone Delivery of Mobile HIV Risk Reduction Education
Table 1
Acceptability questions across all 3 videos ( (%)).
Functional acceptability
Methadone (MTD),
Buprenorphine (BUP),
Total
P value
(1) How easy was it to play this module? Median (IQR) 1 (1,1)
1—very easy
53 (64%)
64 (89%)
117 (75%)
2
16 (19%)
7 (10%)
23 (15%)
3
7 (8%)
1 (1%)
8 (5%)
4
4 (5%)
0 (0%)
4 (3%)
5—very hard
3 (4%)
0 (0%)
3 (2%)
(2) How easy was it to see and hear this module? Median (IQR) 1 (1,2)
1—very easy
52 (63%)
52 (72%)
104 (67%)
2
19 (23%)
14 (20%)
33 (21%)
3
7 (8%)
4 (6%)
11 (7%)
4
3 (4%)
1 (1%)
4 (3%)
5—very hard
2 (2%)
1 (1%)
3 (2%)
(3) How easy was it to understand this module? Median (IQR) 1 (1,1)
1—very easy
56 (68%)
61 (85%)
117 (75%)
2
18 (22%)
11 (15%)
29 (19%)
3
6 (7%)
0 (0%)
6 (4%)
4
1 (1%)
0 (0%)
1 (1%)
5—very hard
2 (2%)
0 (0%)
2 (1%)
Educational acceptability
Methadone (MTD)
Buprenorphine (BUP)
Total
P-value
(4) How effective was this module in teaching you something new about HIV/AIDS? Median (IQR) 1 (1,2)
1—very effective
48 (58%)
60 (83%)
108 (70%)
2
16 (19%)
6 (8%)
22 (14%)
3
13 (16%)
2 (3%)
15 (10%)
4
4 (5%)
2 (3%)
6 (4%)
5—not at all effective
2 (2%)
2 (3%)
4 (2%)
(5) How effective was this module in reminding you of things you knew about HIV/AIDS but had not been thinking about? Median (IQR) 1 (1,2)
1—very effective
54 (65%)
60 (83%)
114 (74%)
2
24 (29%)
7 (10%)
31 (20%)
3
4 (5%)
2 (3%)
6 (4%)
4
1 (1%)
1 (1%)
2 (1%)
5—not at all effective
0 (0%)
2 (3%)
2 (1%)
(6) How much did this module apply to situations in your life? Median (IQR) 2 (1,4)
1—very applicable
19 (23%)
31 (43%)
50 (32%)
2
30 (36%)
5 (7%)
35 (23%)
3
15 (18%)
7 (10%)
22 (14%)
4
11 (13%)
7 (10%)
18 (12%)
5—not at all applicable
8 (10%)
22 (30%)
30 (19%)
(7) How entertaining was this module? Median (IQR) 2 (1,3)
1—very entertaining
26 (31%)
50 (70%)
76 (49%)
2
17 (20%)
11 (15%)
28 (18%)
3
28 (34%)
6 (8%)
34 (22%)
4
12 (15%)
2 (3%)
14 (9%)
5—very boring
0 (0%)
3 (4%)
3 (1%)
(8) How appropriate was the length of the module?
1—nowhere near long enough
2 (2%)
5 (7%)
7 (4%)
2—not quite long enough
15 (18%)
0 (0%)
15 (10%)
3—just about right
58 (70%)
65 (90%)
123 (80%)
4—a little too long
6 (7%)
2 (3%)
8 (5%)
5—much too long
2 (2%)
0 (0%)
2 (1%)
Comparative acceptability
Methadone (MTD)
Buprenorphine (BUP)
Total
-value
(9) Would it be better if the information was in a booklet instead of on the smartphone?
No
76 (92%)
62 (86%)
138 (89%)
Yes
7 (8%)
10 (14%)
17 (11%)
(10) Would it be better if the information was on a full-size computer instead of on the smartphone?
No
60 (72%)
50 (69%)
110 (71%)
Yes
23 (28%)
22 (31%)
45 (29%)
(11) Would it be better if the information was text instead of video?
No
71 (86%)
70 (97%)
141 (91%)
Yes
12 (14%)
2 (3%)
14 (9%)
Questions 1–8 were analyzed using the Wilcoxon rank sum test for ordinal variables, and Questions 9–11 were analyzed using Fisher’s exact test for dichotomous variables and small sample sizes.
