Table 5.
Evaluation of e‐diary
| General user experience | N | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How user‐friendly was the app? | Excellent | 108 | 43% |
| Good | 126 | 51% | |
| Average | 11 | 4% | |
| Fair | 2 | 1% | |
| Poor | 2 | 1% | |
| In general, how would you rate the app? | Excellent | 63 | 25% |
| Good | 159 | 64% | |
| Average | 20 | 8% | |
| Fair | 5 | 2% | |
| Poor | 1 | 0% | |
| How much time did it take to use the app each day? | 1–5 min | 209 | 84% |
| 5–10 min | 37 | 15% | |
| 10–15 min | 2 | 1% | |
| 15–20 min | 0 | 0% | |
| >20 min | 1 | 0% | |
| How were the instructions given? | Excellent | 130 | 52% |
| Good | 110 | 44% | |
| Average | 9 | 4% | |
| Fair | 0 | 0% | |
| Poor | 0 | 0% | |
| Technical aspects | N | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How often did technical problems occur (iPod, App or Camera)? | Never | 165 | 67% |
| 1–2 times | 57 | 23% | |
| 3–4 times | 12 | 5% | |
| 5–10 times | 9 | 4% | |
| >10 times | 5 | 1% | |
| How would you rate the photo function of the app? | Excellent | 67 | 27% |
| Good | 117 | 47% | |
| Average | 53 | 21% | |
| Fair | 8 | 3% | |
| Poor | 2 | 1% | |
| How would you rate the reminder function on the app? | Excellent | 46 | 19% |
| Good | 80 | 33% | |
| Average | 79 | 32% | |
| Fair | 39 | 16% | |
| Poor | 2 | 1% | |
| Did the reminder function support you to apply the gel on time? | Definitely | 105 | 43% |
| Maybe | 52 | 21% | |
| No | 90 | 36% | |
| Adherence | N | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| If you would have used a paper diary, what would your compliance have been? With a paper diary I would have forgotten to apply the gel | More often | 74 | 30% |
| Occasionally | 59 | 24% | |
| Similarly | 74 | 30% | |
| Less often | 1 | 0% | |
| Never | 5 | 2% | |
| I do not know | 33 | 13% | |
| How do you estimate the burden of using the app compared to a paper diary? The app is | Much less work | 146 | 59% |
| Less work | 56 | 23% | |
| Similar work | 15 | 6% | |
| More work | 8 | 3% | |
| Much more work | 8 | 3% | |
| I do not know | 13 | 5% | |
| What do you prefer to use for subsequent studies? | E‐diary | 229 | 93% |
| Paper diary | 4 | 2% | |
| I do not know | 13 | 5% | |
N, sum of all patients of all studies.