Table 2.
Participant responses to 4 questions.
| Question and answers | Responses, n (%) | ||
| Are you planning to use ePROsa? |
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Yes | 43 (44.3) | |
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No | 22 (22.7) | |
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Undecided | 32 (33) | |
| Why not?b |
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No software | 23 (33.8) | |
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Implementation too complicated | 8 (11.8) | |
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Patients prefer paper | 11 (16.2) | |
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I prefer paper | 2 (2.9) | |
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Expansive software | 8 (11.8) | |
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No proven benefit | 1 (1.5) | |
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No need | 4 (5.9) | |
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Requires too much time | 12 (17.6) | |
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Other reasons | 22 (32.4) | |
| What do you usually use PROsc for?b |
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No usage | 10 (8.4) | |
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Clinical decisions | 79 (66.4) | |
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Research | 47 (39.5) | |
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Internal quality management | 26 (21.9) | |
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External quality management | 7 (5.9) | |
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To increase patient satisfaction | 20 (16.8) | |
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Reimbursement reasons | 28 (23.5) | |
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Other reasons | 7 (5.9) | |
| Do you have access to the following information before patient contact?b |
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Total score of the recorded PROs | 36 (30.3) | |
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Prevalues | 67 (56.3) | |
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Histograms | 11 (9.2) | |
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Neither | 40 (33.6) | |
aePROs: electronic patient-reported outcomes.
bMultiple answers were possible.
cPROs: patient-reported outcomes.