Dorothy Wong|Shan Cao|Heather Ford|Clifford Richardson|Dmitri Belenko|Evan Tang|Luca Ugenti|Eleanor Warsmann|Amanda Sissons|Yalinie Kulandaivelu|Nathaniel Edwards|Márta Novák|Madeline Li|István Mucsi
Exploring the use of tablet computer-based electronic data capture system to assess patient reported measures among patients with chronic kidney disease: a pilot study
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collecting patient reported outcome measures proms via computerbased electronic data capture system may improve feasibility facilitate implementation clinical care report initial experience acceptability touchscreen tablet computerbased selfadministered questionnaires among patients chronic kidney disease ckd including stage 5 ckd treated renal replacement therapies rrt either dialysis transplantwe enrolled convenience sample patients stage 4 5 ckd including patients dialysis kidney transplant singlecentre crosssectional pilot study participants completed validated questionnaires programmed electronic data capture system dados techna inc toronto tablet computers primary objective evaluate acceptability feasibility using tabletbased electronic data capture patients ckd descriptive statistics fischers exact test multivariable logistic regression models used data analysisone hundred twenty one patients 55 male mean age sd 58 14 years 49 caucasian participated study ninetytwo percent respondents indicated computer tablet acceptable 79 participants required minimal help completing questionnaires acceptance tablets lower among patients 70 years older 75 vs 95 p 0011 little previous computer experience 81 vs 96 p 005 furthermore greater level assistance frequently required patients older 45 vs 15 p 0009 lower level education 33 vs 14 p 0027 low health literacy 79 vs 12 p 0027 little previous experience computers 52 vs 10 p 0027tablet computerbased electronic data capture administer proms acceptable feasible respondents could therefore used systematically assess proms among patients ckd special consideration focus elderly patients little previous computer experience since may require assistance completion