Table 1.
Questionnaire administered to patients
| Item | Mean score | Frequency (%)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | NA | ||
| 1. How would you rate your overall experience with the new device? | 9.9±0.4 | 94.1 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2. Do you think that the administration with the new device is safe? | 9.6± 1.8 | 91.2 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 |
| 3. How do you judge the tolerability of the drug administered with the new device? | 9.0±2.4 | 70.6 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 5.9 | 0 | 5.9 |
| 4. How would you rate the ease of use of the new device? | 9.9±0.2 | 97.0 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. How do you perceive your state of health with the new device? | 8.5±2.9 | 64.7 | 2.9 | 20.6 | 0 | 2.9 | 8.8 |
| 6. How would you rate the new device in comparison with the previous one? | 9.9±0.2 | 97.0 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7. Do you think that the freedom of movement allowed by the new device is important? | 9.7± 1.7 | 97.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 |
| 8. How would you rate the performance of daily activities (eg, eating, using the toilet, etc) with the new device? | 9.7± 1.7 | 97.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 |
| 9. In future, if you had the chance, would you choose the new device? | 9.4±2.4 | 94.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 |
Notes: For each item, the average score ± standard deviation and frequency of each score that received at least one answer are reported. Scores equal to 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 were not registered in any case, therefore, the respective frequencies were not reported in the table. NA indicates the case of nonavailable response, which was considered equal to 0 for the calculation of the mean score.