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. 2019 Jan 30;2(1):e10814. doi: 10.2196/10814

Table 5.

User assessment of the developmental screening tool.

User perceptions of ease of use, usefulness, and reported satisfaction Overall (N=65), n (%) Infants “doing well” (N=40), n (%) Infants who “may be behind” (N=25), n (%)
Perceived ease of use

How hard or easy was it to answer the six text messages that asked you questions about your baby?


Very easy to answer the questions 38 (58) 28 (70) 10 (40)


Easy to answer the questions 26 (40) 12 (30) 14 (56)


Hard or very hard to answer the questions 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)


Missing response 1 (2) 0 (0) 1 (4)

How did you feel about how much time (the screening questions) took?


The right amount of time 62 (95) 38 (95) 24 (96)


Too much time 2 (3) 2 (5) 0 (0)


Needed more time 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)


Missing response 1 (2) 0 (0) 1 (4)
Perceived usefulness

Would you want to answer text questions like this again and get results about how your baby is doing when your baby is older?


Yes 65 (100) 40 (100) 25 (100)


No 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Would you recommend the text messages that asked you questions about your baby to a friend with a baby?


Yes 64 (97.5) 39 (97.5) 25 (100)


Maybe 1 (2.5) 1 (2.5) 0 (0)


No 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Satisfaction

Overall, how did you feel about giving answer to the 6 text messages that asked questions about your baby and getting text messages with feedback about how your baby is learning and growing?


Very good, it was helpful 52 (80) 33 (83) 19 (76)


Good, it was okay 12 (18) 6 (15) 6 (24)


Average, it was neither good or bad 1 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0)


Poor 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)


Unhelpful 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

How much did you like or dislike getting text messages with results about how your baby is doing?


Liked a lot, liked getting the feedback by text 37 (57) 25 (62.5) 12 (48)


Good, it was OK to get the feedback by text 25 (38) 15 (37.5) 10 (40)


Neither good or bad, I didn’t care how I got the feedback 1 (2) 0 (0) 1 (4)


Disliked, I did not like getting the feedback by text or totally negative, I would not want to receive feedback by text again 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)


Missing response 2 (3) 0 (0) 2 (8)