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Experience sampling methods for mental health research in intellectual disability2357Practical feasibility. This sub-theme describes the feasibility of using an experience sampling application in day-to-day life, including the amount of notifications per day, the schedule of prompts during the day (set times or at random), and the length of the questionnaires. In this study, participants were prompted four to five times per day to fill in the questionnaire. Participants agreed that more than five times would be too much of a burden. Two participants mentioned that three times per day would be enough, as illustrated by the following quotes:“More than five times? I would think: ‘Oh, here is the app again’… I do not want to spend my entire day responding to questions about my feelings.” [P5]“To be fair, I found it too much. It already started in the morning, around 6:30am. That was really early. I thought to myself: ‘I am not going to do that’. At around 9am, I was like, ‘I am awake now, I can do this now.’” [P7]With regard to the time schedule of prompts, four participants strongly preferred receiving prompts at set times, rather than at random times. Three participants did not mention a preference for random versus scheduled prompts. One participant reported having problems with attention, and found the unpredictability of the random prompts difficult:“I have ADHD [attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder]. And I found it very difficult to receive prompts at the most random and unwanted times. […] For me, scheduled prompts would be very important.” [P4]Participants seemed satisfied with the length of the questionnaires – all reported having finished the questionnaires within approximately five minutes. Most of the participants reported having completed the majority of the questionnaires. Reasons why they sometimes were not able to respond included being at work, doing something else, or having too much on their mind. One participant found it difficult to switch between tasks when being at work:Annelieke Muller sHL.indd 235 14-11-2023 09:07