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. 2006;2006:634–638.

Table 1.

Technical problems or limitations and socio-technical issues reported by residents

Number of residents reporting problems, limitations or issues
A. Technical problems
A.1. Software trouble
 A.1.a. Synchronization trouble 1
 A.1.b. Crash or freeze 14
A.2. Hardware trouble
 A.2.a. Defective battery or inadequate capacity 4
 A.2.b. Hard reset 1
 A.2.c. Screen trouble 2
 A.2.d. Trouble opening or closing 3
Residents reporting at least one problem 15
88,2%
B. Software & questionnaire limitations
B1. Tracking function restricted to searches with opened hits 2
B2. Search engine limited to broad terms 1
B3. Empty hits e.g. link to hit on Internet 1
B4. Knowledge limitation 1
B5. No menu option to access favorite hits* 1
B6. No option for closing questionnaire 1
Residents reporting at least one limitation 5
29,4%
C. Socio-technical issues
C1. Questionnaire too time consuming 11
C2. Software dependency 1
C3. Potential response pattern 1
C4. Questionnaire-related discouragement
  • Discouragement leading to low use

1
  • Some discouragement (moderate use)

2
  • Little discouragement (moderate use)

5
C5. Preference for another source of information 2
C6. Trustworthiness of information 1
C7. Two questionnaire items perceived as similar (confirmation & reassurance) 1
Residents reporting at least one issue 14
82,4%
*

This function was available in the 2003 version of InfoRetriever (group 1) but not in version 2004 (group 2).