Table 1.
Device Acceptability Survey Developed Based on Technology Acceptance Model to Evaluate Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease of use, and Attitude Toward Using the E-Stim at Home.
| # | TAM Item | Strongly agree (7) | Agree (6) | Somewhat agree (5) | Neutral (4) | Somewhat disagree (3) | Disagree (2) | Strongly disagree (1) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perceived usefulness | I felt less pain during the day | |||||||
| 2 | I felt less pain during the night | ||||||||
| 3 | My foot felt less swollen | ||||||||
| 4 | I feel my wound is healing faster by using the device | ||||||||
| 5 | I would use the device again | ||||||||
| 6 | Caused me physical pain | ||||||||
| 7 | Perceived ease of use | The pads were easy to put on and off | |||||||
| 8 | The device was easy to use | ||||||||
| 9 | Attitude toward using | My doctor was happy with the results of my wound healing progress | |||||||
| 10 | I would recommend to a friend |
A Likert scale to score each response was utilized. Except for item #6, each answer was scored on a 7 to 1 scale, respectively; from strongly agree to strongly disagree. For item #6 a similar score on reversed order was provided.