Table 3.

Questionnaire results regarding efficacy, safety, satisfaction and necessity

	Patients (n=100)	Healthcare professionals (n=104)	p value*	Experienced (n=57)	p value*	Inexperienced (n=47)	p value*
Efficacy (PQ1, HPQ1)			0.736†		0.483‡		0.833§
Extremely effective	28 (28.0)	20 (19.2)		13 (22.8)		7 (14.9)
Effective	38 (38.0)	57 (54.8)		31 (54.4)		26 (55.3)
Neither agree nor disagree	22 (22.0)	25 (1.9)		11 (19.3)		14 (29.8)
Ineffective	7 (7.0)	2 (1.9)		2 (3.5)		0 (0.0)
Extremely ineffective	5 (5.0)	0 (0.0)		0 (0.0)		0 (0.0)
Safety (PQ2, HPQ2)			0.000†		0.000‡		0.000§
Extremely safe	24 (24.0)	2 (1.9)		2 (3.5)		0 (0.0)
Safe	44 (44.0)	30 (28.8)		20 (35.1)		10 (21.3)
Neither agree nor disagree	23 (23.0)	46 (44.2)		24 (42.1)		22 (46.8)
Unsafe	6 (6.0)	23 (22.1)		9 (15.8)		14 (29.8)
Extremely unsafe	3 (3.0)	3 (2.9)		2 (3.5)		1 (2.1)
Satisfaction (PQ3, HPQ3)			0.002†		0.097‡		0.001§
Extremely satisfied	27 (27.0)	3 (2.9)		3 (5.3)		0 (0.0)
Satisfied	31 (31.0)	31 (29.8)		22 (38.6)		9 (19.1)
Neither agree nor disagree	26 (26.0)	65 (62.5)		30 (52.6)		35 (74.5)
Dissatisfied	10 (10.0)	5 (4.8)		2 (3.5)		3 (6.4)
Extremely Dissatisfied	6 (6.0)	0 (0.0)		0 (0.0)		0 (0.0)
Necessity (PQ6, HPQ6)			0.010†		0.020‡		0.293§
Strongly agree	32 (32.0)	40 (38.5)		28 (49.1)		12 (25.5)
Slightly agree	29 (29.0)	42 (40.4)		19 (33.3)		23 (48.9)
Neither agree nor disagree	19 (19.0)	21 (20.2)		9 (15.8)		12 (25.5)
Slightly disagree	7 (7.0)	0 (0.0)		0 (0.0)		0 (0.4)
Strongly disagree	13 (13.0)	1 (1.0)		1 (1.8)		0 (0.0)

Values are presented as number (%).

PQ, patient questionnaire; HPQ, healthcare professionals questionnaire.

^*Mann-Whitney U-test;

^†patients vs. healthcare professionals,

^‡patients vs. experienced,

^§patients vs. inexperienced.