Table 1.

Scores on the interviewer-administered and computerized versions of the Newest Vital Sign^© (NVS) among Canadian adults aged 18 years or over recruited from multicultural catchment areas that included families, seniors and students of varying socio-economic status levels in Ottawa, Ontario and Antigonish, Nova Scotia

A. Language
	English		French		Total
Initially interviewed	112		110		222
Completed both NVS versions	90		90		180
B. Participant assessments by I-NVS and C-NVS
	English (n 180)		French (n 180)		Overall (n 360)
NVS score*	n	%	n	%	n	%‡
Score=0	17	9·4	22	12·2	39	10·8
Score=1	28	15·5	27	15·0	55	26·1
Score=2	14	7·8	26	14·4	40	37·2
Score=3	8	4·4	18	10·0	26	49·4
Score=4	25	13·9	20	11·1	45	56·9
Score=5	22	12·2	33	18·3	55	72·2
Score=6	66	36·6	34	18·9	100	100·0
C. Mean NVS score by language
	NVS version		Mean	sd	n
English	Computer		3·86a	2·24	90
	Paper		3·77	2·17	90
	Overall		3·81a	2·02	180
French	Computer		3·41b	1·96	90
	Paper		3·06b	2·20	90
	Overall		3·23b	2·09	180
English+French	Computer		3·63	2·11	180
	Paper		3·41	2·21	180
	Overall		3·52	2·16	360
D. NVS score by language and treatment order†
Treatment order	NVS version		Mean	sd	n
English (n 90)
Paper–computer	Computer		3·79	2·21	72
	Paper		3·64	2·10	72
Computer–paper	Computer		4·11	2·37	18
	Paper		4·28	2·49	18
French (n 90)
Paper–computer	Computer		3·53	2·15	70
	Paper		3·19	2·22	70
Computer–paper	Computer		3·00	1·59	20
	Paper		2·60	2·14	20

I-NVS, interviewer-administered version of NVS; C-NVS, computerized version of NVS.

^a,bMean values were significantly different from the rest at P<0·05.

^*Number of correct answers.

^†There was no significant effect of format (C-NVS, I-NVS) and order of testing on participants’ NVS numerical scores (McNemar’s test; P=0·8375).

‡Cumulative percentage.