Table 1.

Responses to an 11-question survey posed to 57 community health workers of the HCT programme in western Kenya

Question (compared with using PDA/GPS system)	No of respondents for each option of a 5-point Likert scale (total no surveyed n=57)
	1	2	3	4	5
How reliable is the Android device in collecting data?*	0	2	5	14	30
How reliable is the Android device in collecting GPS coordinates?*	0	2	3	8	37
How do you rate the quality of data collected on the Android device?†	0	0	12	17	21
How easy is it to use the Android device to collect data?‡	0	2	4	15	30
How fast can you collect data on the Android device?§	1	1	5	20	23
Does the Android device make it easier or harder to interact with individuals?‡	0	2	4	18	17
Should end-users continue to use Android devices?¶	1	1	2	16	31
How easy is it to use the Android device to collect GPS coordinates?‡	1	1	2	9	38
Was your training on using the Android device good or poor?**	1	2	2	24	19
How much experience do you have using computers?††	10	0	30	3	7
How much experience do you have with Android devices?††	40	0	6	1	2

The survey asked them to compare two tools used for electronic data capture during their home visits. The two tools were an Android device using ODK Collect and a Palm device using Pendragon forms.

^*Scale: 1, very unreliable to 5, very reliable.

^†Scale: 1, much worse to 5, much better.

^‡Scale: 1, much harder to 5, much easier.

^§Scale: 1, much slower to 5, much faster.

^¶Scale: 1, definitely discontinue to 5, definitely continue.

^**Scale: 1, very poor to 5, very good.

^††Scale: 1, never used to 5, regular expert user.

GPS, global positioning service; HCT, home-based counseling and testing; PDA, personal data assistant.