Table 5.

Data from survey: participant’s and caregiver’s rating of the participant’s level of experience, skills, and need for help when using a tablet.

Participants’ and caregivers’ by-proxy ratinga				Adopterb		Nonadopterb		P value
Participant
	Level of experience as tablet user, n (% within group)						.49
		Much experience	2 (15)		5 (28)
		Some experience	7 (54)		5 (28)
		Little experience	1 (8)		4 (22)
		Novel user	3 (23)		4 (22)
	Skills as tablet user, n (% within group)						.15
		Uncomplicated	7 (54)		7 (44)
		A little difficult	5 (38)		2 (12)
		Quite difficult	1 (8)		5 (31)
		Very difficult	0		2 (12)
	Help from others when using a tablet, n (% within group)						.54
		No help	5 (38)		6 (33)
		A little help	6 (46)		5 (28)
		Some help:	1 (8)		3 (17)
		A lot of help	1 (8)		4 (22)
Caregiver by-proxy
	Level of experience as a tablet user, n (% within group)						.41
		Much experience	3 (38)		4 (19)
		Some experience	3 (38)		7 (33)
		Little experience	1 (12)		7 (33)
		Novel user	1 (12)		3 (14)
	Skills as a tablet user, n (% within group)						.38
		Uncomplicated	3 (37)		6 (30)
		A little difficult	3 (37)		3 (15)
		Quite difficult	2 (35)		6 (30)
		Very difficult	0		5 (25)
	Help from others when using a tablet, n (% within group)						.28
		No help	2 (25)		3 (14)
		A little help	4 (50)		8 (36)
		Some help	2 (25)		4 (18)
		A lot of help	0		7 (32)

^aRatings cannot be compared between participants and caregivers because participant’s and caregiver’s rating does not refer to parallel cases.

^bAnswers were not complete to all questions; hence, the total number of answers on each question varied for both participants and caregivers.