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Table 2 Participant interaction with the program, including keyword usage data (N = 81) and responses from survey (N = 63)

From: Feasibility of a text-messaging smoking cessation program for soldiers in Israel

Participant interaction

n (%) or mean ± SD

Keyword usage data

NERVOUS

22 (27.2)

BOREDOM

14 (17.3)

SLIPPED_UP

11 (13.6)

REASONS

17 (21.0)

NEED

30 (37.0)

CODE

3 (3.7)

SMOKED

45 (55.6)

STOP

31 (38.3)

NEW

19 (23.5)

QUIT

19 (23.5)

FINAL

20 (24.7)

Proportion of participants who sent more than 1 keyword (including non-valid)

74 (91.4)

Proportion of participants who sent more than 1 valid keyword

69 (85.2)

Total number of keywords sent by participant to system

7.6 ± 6.6

Self-report from survey

Answer to question: “how many times did you sent keywords?”

6.6 ± 10.9

  1. NA not available/applicable, SD Standard deviation