Table 1. Faculty iPad usage and care assessed via an electronic survey.
Hospital location (n = 14) | Non-hospital location (n = 16) | P value | |
Total frequency of use, n (%) | |||
Daily | 8 (57.1) | 12 (75) | 0.442 |
Weekly | 5 (35.7) | 3 (18.8) | 0.417 |
Use at practice site, n (%) | 11 (78.6) | 5 (31.3) | 0.014 |
Daily | 6 (42.9) | 2 (12.5) | 0.092 |
Weekly | 3 (21.4) | 3 (18.8) | 1.000 |
Use in patient care area, n (%) | 10 (71.4) | 3 (18.8) | 0.009 |
Daily | 4 (28.6) | 1 (6.3) | 0.157 |
Weekly | 5 (35.7) | 1 (6.3) | 0.072 |
Cover on device, n (%) | |||
Cover on front only | 3 (21.4) | 3 (18.8) | 1.000 |
Cover on back only | 0 (0) | 1 (6.3) | 1.000 |
Cover on both front and back | 10 (71.4) | 11 (68.8) | 1.000 |
Screen protector in use | 11 (78.6) | 8 (50) | 0.142 |
Cleaning habits, n (%) | |||
Cleaned iPad | 6 (42.9) | 9 (56.3) | 0.715 |
Cleaned weekly | 3 (21.4) | 5 (31.3) | 0.689 |
Cleaned monthly | 2 (14.3) | 3 (18.8) | 1.000 |
Cleaned with cloth only | 2 (14.3) | 3 (18.8) | 1.000 |
Cleaned with alcohol only | 3 (21.4) | 2 (12.5) | 0.642 |
Cleaned with alcohol and cloth | 1 (7.1) | 3 (18.8) | 0.602 |
Cleaned with other | 0 | 1 (6.3) | 1.000 |