Table 2. Total and subscale scores of the Technophobia Scale among older patients with stroke (N=343).
| Variable | Items, n | Possible range | Observed range | Total scorea | Mean item scorea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median (IQR) | Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | Mean (SD) | ||||
| Total technophobia score | 13 | 13‐65 | 17‐59 | 25.0 (22.0‐33.0) | 29.5 (10.3) | 1.9 (1.7‐2.5) | 2.3 (0.8) |
| Technology tension | 5 | 5‐25 | 5‐25 | 10.0 (8.0‐17.0) | 12.0 (5.2) | 2.0 (1.6‐3.4) | 2.4 (1.0) |
| Technology fear | 5 | 5‐25 | 5‐23 | 10.0 (8.0‐12.0) | 10.6 (4.0) | 2.0 (1.6‐2.4) | 2.1 (0.8) |
| Privacy and security concerns | 3 | 3‐15 | 3‐15 | 6.0 (5.0‐8.0) | 6.9 (3.2) | 2.0 (1.7‐2.7) | 2.3 (1.1) |
a
Scale scores are presented as medians (IQR) due to nonnormal distributions; the mean (SD) is also reported to facilitate comparisons with previous studies.