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. 2022 Jul 27;24(7):e36996. doi: 10.2196/36996

Table 2.

Patient satisfaction.


Telemedicine group Control group P valuea Pearson correlation coefficient (r)

Value, n Value, mean (SD) Value, median Value, n Value, mean (SD) Value, median

Overall patient satisfaction 26 1.58b (0.643) 1.5 25 1.64b (0.569) 2.00 .69 0.071

Satisfaction knee patients 10 1.80b (0.632) 2.00 9 1.89b (0.601) 2.00 .95 0.077

Satisfaction shoulder patients 16 1.44b (0.629) 1.00 16 1.50b (0.516) 1.5 .72 0.092
How satisfied are you with the waiting time? 26 2.88c (0.326) 3.00 25 2.12c (0.881) 2.00 <.001 0.546
How satisfied are you with the atmosphere? 26 2.85c (0.368) 3.00 25 2.08c (0.277) 2.00 <.001 0.760
How punctual was your appointment? 26 2.35c (0.689) 2.00 25 1.60c (0.913) 2.00 .002 0.440

aMann-Whitney U test.

bGerman school grades; 1=very good to 6=inadequate.

c4-point Likert scale; higher scores=higher satisfaction.