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Table 2 Patient familiarity, preferences, and attitudes towards BYOD devices

From: Does scrolling affect measurement equivalence of electronic patient-reported outcome measures (ePROM)? Results of a quantitative equivalence study

Variablea

Total (N = 115)

BYOD mobile device type

 Apple

66 (57.4%)

 Android

49 (42.6%)

BYOD mobile device size

 Normal (< 140 mm or 5.5 in)

36 (31.3%)

 Large (≥140 mm or 5.5 in)

78 (67.8%)

 Missing

1 (0.9%)

Able to download and run study app on own mobile device

113 (98.3%)

Familiar with downloading Apps

115 (100%)

Could you have downloaded this App on your own?

 Definitely

90 (78.3%)

 Probably

22 (19.1%)

 Extremely Unlikely

3 (2.6%)

Willing to use own device for a clinical trial?

 Definitely

99 (86.1%)

 Probably

10 (8.7%)

 Possibly

4 (3.5%)

 Extremely Unlikely

2 (1.7%)

Had concern about using own device to download app to use in future

8 (7.0%)

Study reimburses for data charges

 Essential

29 (25.2%)

 Very Important

20 (17.4%)

 Important

21 (18.3%)

 A Little Important

10 (8.7%)

 Not Important

35 (30.4%)

Data cannot be seen by others on my device

 Essential

47 (40.9%)

 Very Important

19 (16.5%)

 Important

14 (12.2%)

 A Little Important

13 (11.3%)

 Not Important

22 (19.1%)

Easy to download and use App

 Essential

46 (40.0%)

 Very Important

32 (27.8%)

 Important

21 (18.3%)

 A Little Important

10 (8.7%)

 Not Important

5 (4.3%)

 Missing

1 (0.9%)

App does not affect other apps on my device

 Essential

80 (69.6%)

 Very Important

21 (18.3%)

 Important

5 (4.3%)

 A Little Important

6 (5.2%)

 Not Important

2 (1.7%)

 Missing

1 (0.9%)

App takes up a small amount of storage

 Essential

37 (32.2%)

 Very Important

28 (24.3%)

 Important

26 (22.6%)

 A Little Important

9 (7.8%)

 Not Important

14 (12.2%)

 Missing

1 (0.9%)

Convenient to use own device instead of providing one?

 More Convenient

39 (33.9%)

 Neither More or Less Convenient

57 (49.6%)

 Less Convenient

12 (10.4%)

 Missing

7 (6.1%)

Had Any concern about using own device to answer study questionnaire

 Yes

7 (6.1%)

 No

102 (88.7%)

 Missing

6 (5.2%)

  1. aMissing data included in calculation of percentages