Table 2.
Mean Service User Technology Acceptability Questionnaire Item Scores
| Subscale | Item | N | Range | Mean | SD | Median | IQR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perceived benefits | The kit I received has increased my access to care (health and/or social care professionals) | 13 | 2–6 | 4.7 | 1.1 | 5 | 1 |
| The kit I received has helped me to improve my health | 13 | 3–6 | 5.3 | 1 | 6 | 1.5 | |
| The kit I received has saved me time that I did not have to visit my general practitioner's clinic | 13 | 3–6 | 5.3 | 1 | 6 | 1.5 | |
| The kit has made it easier to get in touch with health and social care professionals | 13 | 3–6 | 5.1 | 0.9 | 5 | 1.5 | |
| The kit has made me more actively involved in my health | 13 | 2–6 | 5 | 1.2 | 5 | 2 | |
| The kit allows the people looking after me, to better monitor me and my condition | 13 | 2–6 | 5.1 | 1.2 | 6 | 1.5 | |
| The kit can be/should be recommended to people in a similar condition to mine | 13 | 1–6 | 4.8 | 1.6 | 6 | 2 | |
| The kit can certainly be a good addition to my regular health or social care | 13 | 2–6 | 5.4 | 1.2 | 6 | 0.5 | |
| The kit has allowed me to be less concerned about my health and/or social care | 13 | 4–6 | 5.7 | 0.6 | 6 | 0 | |
| Privacy and discomfort | The kit I received has interfered with my everyday routine | 13 | 1–6 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 2 | 1 |
| The kit I received has invaded my privacy | 13 | 1–3 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| The kit has made me feel uncomfortable, e.g., physically or emotionally | 13 | 1–5 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 2 | 1 | |
| The kit makes me worried about the confidentiality of the private information being exchanged through it | 13 | 1–4 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Care personnel concerns | I am concerned about the level of expertise of the individuals who monitor my status through the kit | 13 | 1–6 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2 | 4 |
| The kit interferes with the continuity of the care I receive (i.e., I do not see the same care professional each time) | 13 | 1–4 | 1.7 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | |
| I am concerned that the person who monitors my status, through the kit, does not know my personal health/social care history | 13 | 1–4 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.5 | |
| Perceived satisfaction | The kit has been explained to me sufficiently | 13 | 4–6 | 5.6 | 0.6 | 6 | 0.5 |
| The kit can be trusted to work appropriately | 13 | 3–6 | 5.1 | 0.9 | 5 | 1.5 | |
| I am satisfied with the kit I received | 13 | 2–6 | 5.3 | 1.1 | 6 | 1 | |
| Kit as a substitution | The kit can be a replacement for my regular health or social care | 13 | 2–6 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 4 | 1 |
| The kit is not as suitable as regular face-to-face consultations with the people looking after me | 13 | 2–5 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 4 | 2 | |
| The kit has allowed me to be less concerned about my health status | 13 | 1–6 | 5.1 | 1.4 | 6 | 1.5 |
IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation.