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Table 4 Association between engagement and self-reported 7-day point prevalence abstinence (missing = smoking) at 6 months

From: Evaluating the use of a recommender system for selecting optimal messages for smoking cessation: patterns and effects of user-system engagement

 

Incidence of Cessation

Model 1: Unadjusted

Model 2: Adjusteda

n/N (%)

OR (95% CI)

P value

OR (95% CI)

P value

Response rate

 Non-response (0)

35/279 (12.5)

Reference

 

Reference

 

 Low (> 0 & ≤0.1)

30/153 (19.6)

1.70 (1.00, 2.90)

0.05

1.86 (1.07, 3.23)

0.03*

 Moderate (> 0.1 & ≤0.6)

41/151 (27.2)

2.60 (1.57, 4.30)

< 0.001*

2.30 (1.36, 3.88)

0.002*

 High (> 0.6 & ≤1.0)

40/148 (27.0)

2.58 (1.56, 4.29)

< 0.001*

2.69 (1.58, 4.58)

< 0.001*

Message influence rating score

 Low (≤3.0)

6/55 (10.9)

Reference

 

Reference

 

 Moderate (> 3.0 & ≤4.0)

28/138 (20.3)

2.08 (0.81, 5.34)

0.1

2.14 (0.83, 5.51)

0.1

 Good (> 4.0 & ≤4.5)

24/96 (25.0)

2.72 (1.04, 7.15)

0.04*

2.76 (1.04, 7.30)

0.04*

 Excellent (> 4.5 & ≤5)

53/163 (32.5)

3.93 (1.59, 9.76)

0.003*

4.04 (1.62, 10.10)

0.003*

 No rating

35/279 (12.5)

1.17 (0.47, 2.94)

0.7

1.21 (0.48, 3.05)

0.7

  1. * indicates statistically significant (P < 0.05)
  2. aModel 2 for response rate was adjusted by age, race, and daily cigarettes assessed at baseline, whether the user unsubscribed to the recommender system, and the number of messages received by the user during the 6 months. Model 2 for message influence rating score was adjusted by race, whether the user unsubscribed to the recommender system, and the number of messages received by the user during the 6 months