| Total (n = 282) | Anonymous arm (n = 138) | Onymous arm (n = 144) | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Satisfaction with intervention, N (%) | ||||
 Very satisfied | 91 (32.3) | 44 (31.9) | 47 (32.6) | 0.774 |
 Somewhat satisfied | 179 (63.5) | 88 (63.8) | 91 (63.2) | |
 Somewhat dissatisfied | 11 (3.9) | 6 (4.4) | 5 (3.5) | |
 Very dissatisfied | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.7) | |
Frequency of wearing the pedometer, N (%) | ||||
 Nearly every day | 184 (65.3) | 92 (66.7) | 92 (63.9) | 0.542 |
 More than half the days | 72 (25.5) | 32 (23.2) | 40 (27.8) | |
 Less than half the days | 18 (6.4) | 11 (8.0) | 7 (4.9) | |
 Rarely wore it | 8 (2.8) | 3 (2.2) | 5 (3.5) | |
Frequency of checking weekly ranking SMS, N (%) | ||||
 Every week | 186 (66.0) | 93 (67.4) | 93 (64.6) | 0.591 |
 Almost every week | 53 (18.8) | 24 (17.4) | 29 (20.1) | |
 Some weeks | 29 (10.3) | 12 (8.7) | 17 (11.8) | |
 Only a few weeks | 10 (3.6) | 7 (5.1) | 3 (2.1) | |
 Never | 4 (1.4) | 2 (1.5) | 2 (1.4) | |
Knowing someone in the same group, N (%) | 103 (36.5) | 30 (21.7) | 73 (50.7) | 0.000 |
Knowing someone in the study but not in the same group, N (%) | 236 (83.7) | 112 (81.2) | 124 (86.1) | 0.261 |
No. of participants who had ever been ranked in top five, N (%) | 256 (90.8) | 124 (89.9) | 132 (91.7) | 0.599 |
How did participants feel on weeks when they were ranked in top five, N (%) | ||||
 I felt accomplished | 199 (77.7) | 98 (79.0) | 101 (76.5) | 0.890 |
 I felt good | 203 (79.3) | 105 (84.7) | 98 (74.2) | 0.111 |
 I felt proud | 156 (60.9) | 85 (68.6) | 71 (53.8) | 0.053 |
 I thought it was no big deal | 105 (41.0) | 48 (38.7) | 57 (43.2) | 0.133 |
 I did not care | 48 (18.8) | 23 (18.6) | 25 (18.9) | 0.336 |
No. of participants who had ever been ranked lower than top five, N (%) | 235 (92.2) | 109 (88.6) | 126 (95.5) | 0.042 |
How did participants feel on weeks when they were ranked lower than top five, N (%) | ||||
 I felt I failed | 24 (9.2) | 11 (8.9) | 13 (9.4) | 0.826 |
 I felt bad | 52 (19.9) | 26 (21.0) | 26 (18.8) | 0.908 |
 I felt disappointed | 60 (22.9) | 34 (27.4) | 26 (18.8) | 0.243 |
 I thought it was no big deal | 135 (51.5) | 64 (51.6) | 71 (51.5) | 0.800 |
 I did not care | 83 (31.7) | 40 (32.3) | 43 (31.2) | 0.646 |