Table 3.
Patients' opinions on the DBS and venous blood sampling methodsa
| Question | Valueb for: |
Pc | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venous sampling | DBS sampling | ||
| Discomfort of traveling to hospital | 2.4 (1.5) | NA | |
| Hindrance to social activities | 1.3 (0.7) | 1.1 (0.3) | 0.331 |
| Hindrance to work activities | 1.5 (0.9) | 1.2 (0.7) | 0.309 |
| Perception of pain | 2.1 (2.0) | 1.4 (1.3) | 0.021 |
| Satisfaction with sampling method (% answering yes) | 80 | 90 | 0.375 |
| Sampling time (min) | NA | 4.4 (3.4) | |
| Hindrance to self-sampling DBS | NA | 2.3 (1.7) | |
| DBS sampling easy to carry out (% answering yes) | NA | 100 | |
| Advantage not traveling to hospital (% answering yes) | NA | 80 | |
a
Twenty patients filled out the questionnaire.
b
Values are mean scores (SD) except where otherwise indicated. On the scale of discomfort or hindrance, from 1 to 5, 1 is no hindrance and 5 is serious hindrance. On the 11-point numerical rating scale for the perception of pain, 0 is absolutely no pain and 10 is unbearable pain. NA, not applicable.
c
The paired sample t test was used to compare means, and the McNemar test for paired data was used to evaluate the difference in satisfaction with the two sampling methods.