Table 6.
Professionals’ perception regarding organisational, equity, ethical, social and legal aspects
| Item | 3D system | |
|---|---|---|
| Organisational aspects | Additional staff required | 0.857 |
| Staff training | − 0.571 | |
| Support staff training | − 0.429 | |
| Investment in additional areas | 0.571 | |
| Investment in additional equipment | 0 | |
| Impact on the purchasing processes | 0.286 | |
| Organisational changes | 0.429 | |
| Product manageability | 1.714 | |
| Improvement in the learning curve | 1.714 | |
| Average value | 0.508 | |
| Equity aspects | Acceptability of the technology | 1.875 |
| Knowledge of the technology | 0 | |
| Hospital waiting list | − 0.5 | |
| Accessibility | 0.375 | |
| Health migration phenomena | 1 | |
| Average value | 0.55 | |
| Ethical and social aspects | Patients’ autonomy preservation | 0.5 |
| Impact on social costs | 0.88 | |
| Impact on post-operative pain | 0.5 | |
| Impact on the patients’ satisfaction | 0.88 | |
| Impact on the development of surgical complications | 1.63 | |
| Average value | 0.875 |