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Patients’ Perceptions of the Prototype Pro forma

Page last updated: 14 May 2013

  1. Most of the patients agreed and strongly agreed on the usefulness of the report.
  2. The gender of the patients did not impact on their perceptions of the report.
  3. The age group of the patients only impacted on their understanding of what patients needed to do; the patients from the age group 61 years or older perceived their understanding higher than other patients. Other items did not impact on the patients’ perceptions of the report.
  4. The education level of the patients did not impact on their perceptions of the report.
  5. The participating clinic did not impact on the patients’ perceptions of the report.
  6. More than half of the patients (55.6%) reported that the graph was the most useful part in the report and 22.2% of the patients reported the whole report as the most useful.
  7. Three quarters of the patients (75%) did not report any part in the report as the least useful whereas 18.8% of the patients were not sure.
  8. Approximately all patients (95.1%) wanted to keep the report.
  9. 38.9% of the patients wanted to keep the report for aiding their knowledge and understanding or for as a future reference and records.
  10. Most of the patients agreed and strongly agreed that the report will help them to act and manage their condition.
  11. The gender of the patients did not impact on their intention to act and manage their condition.
  12. The age group of the patients only impacted on the patients’ intention to make the right exercise choices in ways that help to manage their condition; the patients from the age group 61 years or older intended to make the right exercise choices higher than other patients. Other items did not impact on the patients’ intention to act and manage their condition.
  13. The education level of the patients only impacted on the patients’ intention to make the right exercise choices in ways that help to manage their condition; the patients who have high school certificate intended to make the right exercise choices higher than other patients who have diploma or above. Other items did not impact on the patients’ intention to act and manage their condition.
  14. The participated clinic only impacted on the patients’ intention to take their medications as prescribed; the patients from MRC clinic intended to take their medications as prescribed higher than patients from DGP clinic. Other items did not impact on the patients’ intention to act and manage their condition.