Table 2.
Rating scores for current treatment and the dual-chamber syringe
| Median (min–max)
|
Mean (SD)
|
P-value for difference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCS (n=98) |
Current treatment (n=98) |
DCS (n=98) |
Current treatment (n=98) |
between DCS and current treatment | |
| How easy was it to prepare clotting factor treatment for injection using this device? | 9 (3–10) | 7 (2–10) | 8.44 (1.64) | 6.53 (2.11) | P<0.001 |
| How easy was it to hold? | 9 (3–10) | 8 (0–10) | 7.84 (1.78) | 7.21 (2.12) | P=0.007 |
| How easy was it to push down the plunger of the syringe? | 8 (0–10) | 8 (1–10) | 7.48 (2.10) | 8.01 (1.98) | NS |
| How easy do you think it will be to store clotting factor treatments using this device? | 8 (0–10) | 8 (0–10) | 7.38 (2.40) | 6.73 (2.50) | P=0.034 |
| How easy do you think it will be to get rid of the containers, syringes, needles and so on from this clotting factor treatment device once you have used them? | 8 (2–10) | 7 (0–10) | 7.68 (2.03) | 6.56 (2.61) | P<0.001 |
Notes: 0= not at all; 10= extremely.
Abbreviations: DCS, dual-chamber syringe; NS, not statistically significant; SD, standard deviation.