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Table 2 Completion and evaluation of diary protocol

From: Measuring psychopathology as it unfolds in daily life: addressing key assumptions of intensive longitudinal methods in the TRAILS TRANS-ID study

 

Mean or frequency

Percentage

No. of completed diaries (std.)

162.57 (17.09)

88.5%

Burden on a scale from 1 (almost no burden) to 10 (extremely burdening) (std.)

3.21 (1.42)

 

Reason for missing a diary

 I did not have my phone with me or was unaware of receiving a text message.

11

9%

 Due to technical issues, I did not receive the text message or could not open the link.

9

7%

 I was already asleep.

10

8%

 I could not motivate myself to fill in in the diary.

13

11%

 I was engaged in an activity I did not want to interrupt.

64

52%

 I was in a location where it was impossible to fill in the diary.

7

6%

 Othera

6

5%

 Missing or not applicableb

2

2%

  1. Std. standard deviation
  2. aOther reasons for missing a diary, for instance, a broken smartphone
  3. bNot applicable because participant did not miss any diaries