Table 5.

Nurse and patient acceptability

Assessment	Ease of use	Required training	Time required	Overall nurse acceptability	Comfort	Difficulty moving	Pain	Overall patient acceptability
FIS	1.3 (0.1)	1.8 (0.2)	1.6 (0.2)	1.6 (0.1)	2.0 (0.2)	2.2 (0.3)	1.5 (0.1)	1.9 (0.2)
AFB	1.5 (0.2)	2.3 (0.2)	2.0 (0.2)	1.9 (0.2)	2.2 (0.2)	2.3 (0.2)	1.9 (0.2)	2.2 (0.1)

Note: Mean scores obtained from acceptability survey. Standard error in parenthesis.

Abbreviations: AFB, air‐fluidised bed; FIS, fluid immersion simulation.