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. 2020 Mar 17;22(3):e17161. doi: 10.2196/17161

Table 2.

Questionnaire and result from the clinical perspective (N=12).

Questions Mean (SD) Median
Q1. The system will facilitate increasing the detection of COPDa cases by opportunistic diagnosis 4.56 (0.51) 5
Q2. The system will allow improvements in COPD diagnosis 4.01 (0.79) 4
Q3. Thanks to the system, the patient will be aware of their pathology 3.24 (0.77) 4
Q4. The system will help avoid diagnostic confusion 3.09 (0.71) 3
Q5. The system will correctly assist health personnel in the diagnosis of COPD 4.31 (0.49) 4
Q6. The use of the system will help to avoid mistakes made in primary care centers due to lack of specialized personnel 4.47 (0.52) 5
Q7. The system will avoid unnecessary visits by patients with COPD 4.64 (0.49) 5
Q8. The system will help to standardize a protocol for the diagnosis of the disease 2.29 (1.00) 3
Q9. Thanks to the system, the interpretation of the spirometric test results will be improved 4.26 (0.77) 5
Q10. The use of the system will improve the coordination, monitoring, and traceability of the diagnostic process 2.45 (0.98) 3
Q11. The system will help speed up the diagnostic process 4.64 (0.49) 5
Q12. The system will improve the information provided by primary care centers to hospital centers 3.30 (0.49) 3
Q13. The system will help assess alternatives in the diagnosis 3.36 (1.00) 4
Q14. The use of the system will reduce the number of visits due to issues associated with COPD 4.31 (0.49) 4
Q15. The system will help improve spirometry performance 4.64 (0.49) 5
Q16. Overall assessment of the system 4.29 (0.65) 4

aCOPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.