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J Am Med Inform Assoc 16:651-659 doi:10.1197/jamia.M3041
  • Original Investigation

Handheld vs. Laptop Computers for Electronic Data Collection in Clinical Research: A Crossover Randomized Trial

Table 3

Participants' Satisfaction with Handheld and Laptop Computers

Items Handheld Mean (SD) Laptop Mean (SD) Difference (95% CI) p Value
Q1. how would you rate the level of difficulty in learning to use the handheld/laptop for the data entry process 3.90 (0.88) 4.34 (0.58) 0.44 (0.28; 0.59) <0.001
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Q2. how would you rate the handheld/laptop data entry menus 4.32 (0.88) 4.65 (0.53) 0.33 (0.17; 0.48) <0.001
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Q3. how fast is it to find the handheld/laptop data entry menus 4.39 (0.69) 4.68 (0.76) 0.29 (0.14; 0.43) <0.001
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Q4. How would you rate the overall presentation (menu, reminder lists, organization) of the handheld/laptop? 4.20 (1.13) 4.61 (0.76) 0.41 (0.20; 0.60) <0.001
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Q5. how does the process of entering data in a handheld compare to laptops 4.58 (0.69)
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Q6. how would you rate your overall satisfaction with the handheld/laptop 4.19 (0.54) 4.45 (0.79) 0.34 (0.20; 0.46) <0.001
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  • CI = confidence interval; SD = standard deviation.

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