Table 2.
Patient satisfaction.
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Telemedicine group | Control group | P valuea | Pearson correlation coefficient (r) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Value, n | Value, mean (SD) | Value, median | Value, n | Value, mean (SD) | Value, median |
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| Overall patient satisfaction | 26 | 1.58b (0.643) | 1.5 | 25 | 1.64b (0.569) | 2.00 | .69 | 0.071 | |||||||||||||||
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Satisfaction knee patients | 10 | 1.80b (0.632) | 2.00 | 9 | 1.89b (0.601) | 2.00 | .95 | 0.077 | ||||||||||||||
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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.