From: Requiring smartphone ownership for mHealth interventions: who could be left out?
Owns a Smartphone? | ||||
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Variable | Total | No | Yes | p valueb |
Having a DOT worker come to watch me take my TB medication makes me feel…, n (%) c | ||||
Like I am not trustworthy | 0.474 | |||
No | 143 (95.3%) | 43 (93.5%) | 100 (96.2%) | |
Yes | 7 (4.7%) | 3 (6.5%) | 4 (3.9%) | |
Cared for | 0.001 | |||
No | 143 (95.3%) | 40 (87.0%) | 103 (99.0%) | |
Yes | 7 (4.7%) | 6 (13.0%) | 1 (1.0%) | |
I don’t mind it | 0.117 | |||
No | 86 (57.3%) | 22 (47.8%) | 64 (61.5%) | |
Yes | 64 (42.7%) | 24 (52.2%) | 40 (38.5%) | |
Patronized | 0.65 | |||
No | 145 (96.7%) | 44 (95.7%) | 101 (97.1%) | |
Yes | 5 (3.3%) | 2 (4.4%) | 3 (2.9%) | |
Embarrassed | 0.84 | |||
No | 138 (92.0%) | 42 (91.3%) | 96 (92.3%) | |
Yes | 12 (8.0%) | 4 (2.7%) | 8 (5.3%) | |
Practice days needed to learn to use VDOT application, mean (SD) | 1.8 (3.0) | 1.5 (1.4) | 1.9 (3.5) | 0.591 |
Preferred monitoring method, n (%) | 0.111 | |||
VDOT | 105 (84.0%) | 34 (89.5%) | 71 (81.6%) | |
In-person DOT | 1 (0.8%) | 1 (2.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
No preference | 19 (15.2%) | 3 (7.9%) | 16 (18.4%) | |
Rate the amount of contact with healthcare worker during VDOT, n (%) | 0.034 | |||
Too much | 7 (5.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 7 (8.0%) | |
Just enough | 112 (89.6) | 34 (89.5%) | 78 (89.7%) | |
Not enough | 6 (4.8%) | 4 (10.5%) | 2 (2.3%) | |
Rate the ease of using VDOT, n (%) | 0.691 | |||
Very easy | 97 (78.9%) | 29 (76.3%) | 68 (80.0%) | |
Somewhat easy | 22 (17.9%) | 7 (18.4%) | 15 (17.6%) | |
Somewhat difficult | 4 (3.3%) | 2 (5.3%) | 2 (3.4%) | |
Level of satisfaction with TB monitoring via VDOT, n (%) | 0.679 | |||
Very satisfied | 87 (69.6%) | 25 (65.8%) | 62 (71.3%) | |
Somewhat satisfied | 23 (18.4%) | 9 (23.7%) | 14 (16.1%) | |
Neutral/indifferent | 6 (4.8%) | 1 (2.6%) | 5 (5.7%) | |
Somewhat or very dissatisfied | 9 (7.2%) | 3 (7.9%) | 6 (6.9%) |