Table 3.

Participant satisfaction with ACASI in two public health studies^†

	Set the PACE n=171–172	Get Busy Living n=146–151	KHARM A Pilot Study n= 14–15	Epilepsy Pilot n=16–18	Total
I felt comfortable using computer to answer interview questions.)
Strongly agree	131 (76)	133 (88)	12 (80)	12 (75)	288 (81)
Agree	29 (17)	15 (10)	3 (20)	3 (19)	50 (14)
Disagree	2 (1)			1 (6)	3 (1)
Strongly disagree	10 (6)	3 (2 )			13 (4)
The computer voice was easy to listen to and understand.
Strongly agree	88 (51)	122 (81)	10 (67)	10 (63)	230 (65)
Agree	66 (39)	23 (15)	3 (20)	4 (25)	96 (27)
Disagree	11 (6)	1 (1)	1 (7)	2 (13)	15 (4)
Strongly disagree	6 (3)	5 (3)	1 (7)		12 (3)
The questions were difficult for me to understand
Strongly agree	4 (2)	32 (21)	1 (7)	1 (6)	38 (11)
Agree	6 (4)	11 (7)		3 (18)	20 (6)
Disagree	66 (38)	30 (20)	5 (33)	5 (29)	106 (30)
Strongly disagree	96 (56)	77 (51)	9 (60)	8 (47)	190 (54)
It was easy to keep paying attention while answering the questions.
Strongly agree	83 (48)	97 (66)	10 (67)	8 (56)	198 (56)
Agree	79 (46)	40 (27)	4 (27)	10 (44)	133 (38)
Disagree	5 (3)	3 (2)			8 (2)
Strongly disagree	5 (3)	8 (5)	1 (7)		14 (4)
I would rather have a person ask me the questions.
Strongly agree	4 (2)	30 (21)	1 (7)	2 (13)	37 (11)
Agree	9 (5)	10 (7)	1 (7)	4 (25)	24 (9)
Disagree	66 (38)	47 (32)	4 (29)	5 (31)	122 (35)
Strongly disagree	93 (54)	59 (40)	8 (57)	5 (31)	165 (47)
Using the computer helped keep my answers private.
Strongly agree	84 (49)	115 (78)	11 (79)	7 (44)	217 (62)
Agree	77 (45)	22 (15)	2 (14)	9 (56)	110 (31)
Disagree	8 (5)	5 (3)			13 (4)
Strongly disagree	3 (2)	6 (4)	1 (7)		10 (3)

^†Sample size ranged from 347 to 356, taking into account missing responses.