Table 4.
Evaluation of the Patient – Physician Communication Assistant (PPCA) by age and education
| Age 50–60 | Age 61–70 | Age 71–80 | ≤ H.S. | > H.S. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | |
| How easy was it to use the computer today? | ||||||||||
| Very easy | (54) | 96.4 | (42) | 91.3 | (26) | 96.3 | (59) | 92.2 | (58) | 96.7 |
| Somewhat easy | ( 2) | 3.6 | ( 4) | 8.7 | ( 0) | 0.0 | ( 4) | 6.2 | ( 1) | 1.7 |
| A little difficult | ( 0) | 0.0 | ( 0) | 0.0 | ( 1) | 3.7 | ( 1) | 1.6 | ( 1) | 1.7 |
| Very difficult | ( 0) | 0.0 | ( 0) | 0.0 | ( 0) | 0.0 | ( 0) | 0.0 | ( 0) | 0.0 |
| How did you find the sound? | ||||||||||
| Very helpful | (19) | 33.9 | (20) | 43.5 | (16) | 59.3 | (36) | 56.3 | (16) | 26.7 |
| Somewhat helpful | (18) | 32.1 | (14) | 30.4 | ( 3) | 11.1 | (15) | 23.4 | (18) | 30.0 |
| Not helpful | ( 0) | 0.0 | ( 3) | 6.5 | ( 1) | 3.7 | ( 3) | 4.7 | ( 1) | 1.7 |
| Annoying | ( 4) | 7.1 | ( 0) | 0.0 | ( 3) | 11.1 | ( 3) | 4.7 | ( 4) | 6.7 |
| Did not use | (15) | 26.8 | ( 9) | 19.6 | ( 4) | 14.8 | ( 7) | 10.9 | (21) | 35.0 |
| Was the length of the computer program…? | ||||||||||
| Too short | ( 0) | 0.0 | ( 1) | 2.2 | ( 0) | 0.0 | ( 1) | 1.6 | ( 0) | 0.0 |
| Just right | (55) | 98.2 | (42) | 91.3 | (24) | 88.9 | (58) | 90.6 | (57) | 95.0 |
| Too long | ( 1) | 1.8 | ( 3) | 6.5 | ( 3) | 11.1 | ( 5) | 7.8 | ( 3) | 5.0 |
| What was you favorite part of the computer program? | ||||||||||
| Was it the: | ||||||||||
| information about colon cancer | (30) | 58.8 | (29) | 67.4 | ( 9) | 36.0 | (37) | 61.7 | (27) | 50.0 |
| questions that you answered | ( 5) | 9.8 | (5) | 11.6 | ( 9) | 36.0 | (10) | 16.7 | ( 8) | 14.8 |
| videos of others talking about their experiences | ( 2) | 3.9 | ( 0) | 0.0 | ( 2) | 8.0 | (3) | 5.0 | ( 1) | 1.9 |
| screens at the end that recommend screening | (14) | 27.5 | ( 9) | 20.9 | ( 5) | 20.0 | (10) | 16.7 | (18) | 33.3 |