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. 2020 Dec 4;8(4):e19036. doi: 10.2196/19036

Table 2.

The major topics with participant count, percentages, and examples (N=36)

Major topic Examples
Positive design features (29 participants, 81%) Participant #15: Intuitive kind of presentation.
Participant #7: Clear presentation, no unnecessary information to distract.
Participant #1: Obviously, something like this was missing.
Facilitates decision making (17 participants, 47%) Participant #19: Creates clarity in emergency situations.
Participant #30: Perceived diagnostic confidence is higher.
Saves cognitive resources (15 participants, 42%) Participant #9: Don’t have to think as much as with conventional ROTEM.
Participant #16: Couldn’t imagine, that it could be presented in such a simple way!
Easy to learn (14 participants, 39%) Participant #05: Even without extensive previous education.
Participant #33: Easy. Self-explaining.
Participant #13: Fast learning.
Accelerates treatment (13 participants, 36%) Participant #19: You can see immediately where the problem is.
Participant #24: Quickly realize what the problem is.
Participant #26: Faster with the Visual Clot.
Participant #30: You get the answer much faster.
User groups (9 participants, 25%) Participant #25: Can be used safely by all educational levels.
Quantification not made (17 participants, 47%) Participant #14: No quantitative data or information.
Negative design features (17 participants, 47%) Participant #22: Missing fibrin is not detected and understood easily.
Participant #23: Heparin effect is a little tricky to interpret.