Mean Patient Acceptance Questionnaire Results
| Cohorts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Question | Colposcopy | Telecolposcopy | P Value* | ||
| Examination was painful | 2.3 (1.2) | 3.0 (1.3) | <.001 | ||
| Regular clinician can find abnormalities | 3.1 (1.3) | 3.5 (1.2) | .005 | ||
| Tele-/colposcopy examination saved me money | 3.6 (1.0) | 4.1 (1.0) | <.001 | ||
| Not satisfied with examination | 1.7 (1.1) | 1.9 (1.3) | NS† | ||
| Tele-/colposcopy improved diagnostic accuracy | 4.4 (0.8) | 4.4 (0.8) | NS | ||
| Getting cancer would be serious | 4.7 (0.7) | 4.7 (0.8) | NS | ||
| Tele-/colposcopy improved quality of my care | 4.4 (0.9) | 4.6 (0.7) | NS | ||
| Would not like name recognition by distant expert | 3.1 (1.4) | 2.8 (1.4) | .04 | ||
| Telecolposcopy saved/would save me time | 4.0 (1.0) | 4.3 (0.9) | <.001 | ||
| If clinician says telecolposcopy improves my care, I’ll do it | 4.4 (0.7) | 4.6 (0.6) | <.001 | ||
| Thoughts and fears of cervical cancer after told about abnormal Papanicolaou smear | 4.0 (1.0) | 4.2 (1.1) | .02 | ||
| Difficult to travel 1 to 4 hours for medical care | 3.4 (1.4) | 3.9 (1.3) | <.001 | ||
| Distant expert can see/could have seen my cervix as well as local clinician | 3.5 (1.1) | 4.1 (1.0) | <.001 | ||
| Recommend tele-/colposcopy to a friend | 4.4 (0.7) | 4.5 (0.7) | NS | ||
| Felt better about health after tele-/colposcopy examination | 4.3 (0.9) | 4.4 (0.8) | NS | ||
| Felt comfortable with tele-/colposcopy exam today | 4.3 (0.9) | 4.3 (0.8) | NS | ||
| Satisfied with tele-/colposcopy and care | 4.6 (0.7) | 4.6 (0.6) | NS | ||
| Confident distant expert/colposcopist was competent | 4.6 (0.7) | 4.6 (0.6) | NS | ||
| Felt distant expert/colposcopist concered about my health | 4.5 (0.8) | 4.5 (0.7) | NS | ||
Postexamination scores reported using a Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree and 5 = strongly agree). Some questions slightly rephrased as appropriate for each situation. Data are presented as mean (SD).
* Wilcoxon rank sum test.
† NS, not significant (P > .05).