Table 1.

Users’ perceptions of and satisfaction with Military and Veteran Caregiver Network (MVCN) over the past 3 months (N=144). Users are those who reported having visited the network at least once in the past 3 months.

Perceptionsa		Participants who agreed or strongly agreed, n (%)b
Decision making or resources
	This site helps me make good caregiving decisions	86 (59.7)
	This site provides information that helps me make important decisions	78 (54.2)
	This site helps me better manage my time and resources	65 (45.1)
Inspiration or self-improvement
	This site makes me think of things in new, more positive ways	84 (58.3)
	Using this site makes a difference in my life	82 (56.9)
	I have learned how to improve myself from this site	76 (52.8)
	This site inspires me in my own life	73 (50.7)
	I am a better person for using this site	71 (49.3)
Community
	I have learned a lot from the posts of other caregivers who visit this site	79 (54.9)
	This site does a good job of getting its visitors to contribute or provide feedback	69 (47.9)
Overall satisfaction with MVCNc
	Not at all or slightly satisfied	23 (16.0)
	Moderately satisfied	56 (38.9)
	Very or extremely satisfied	65 (45.1)

^aExcept for the item assessing overall satisfaction with MVCN, all items were adapted from an existing scale designed to assess consumers’ experiences on the Web [17].

^bThe SE for all percentages was 0.04, except for the percentage of MVCN users who were not at all or slightly satisfied with MVCN, for which the SE was 0.03.

^cSatisfaction with MVCN was rated on a scale that ranged from 1 (not at all satisfied) to 5 (extremely satisfied) and collapsed to form 3 categories: not at all or slightly satisfied (1 or 2), moderately satisfied (3), or very or extremely satisfied (4 or 5).