Table 7.
Assessment methods ranked by preference
| Assessment method | N | Acceptable n (%) |
Not sure n (%) |
Prefer not to n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completing questionnaires, at home, about my symptoms | 119 | 108 (91) | 4 (3) | 7 (6) |
| Completing questionnaires in clinic, with the help of a researcher or clinician, about my symptoms | 117 | 83 (71) | 12 (10) | 22 (19) |
| Wearing a device on my body which senses movement (similar to a FitBit wristwatch) | 116 | 79 (68) | 20 (17) | 17 (15) |
| Type my data into a specialized website | 115 | 66 (57) | 19 (17) | 30 (26) |
| Putting data about my symptoms into an app on my smartphone | 116 | 49 (42) | 22 (19) | 45 (39) |