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Table 3 End user satisfaction questionnaire

From: A feasibility study evaluating a reservoir storage system for continuous oxygen delivery for children with hypoxemia in Kenya

Questionnaire item

Percent agreementa (N = 7)

The MPR is easy to use

7 (100)

It is difficult to…

 Turn on and off

0

 Monitor the level of O2 and alarm signals during power outages

0

 Adjust the flow rate

0

 The back-up O2 provided clinically significant help during power outages

7 (100)

The best features of the device are…

 O2 remainder indicator

4 (57)

 Automated transition to back-up O2 cylinder during power outages

3 (43)

 Ability to treat 2 patients at once

2 (29)

 Ability to deliver continuous O2 through power outages

7 (100)

 Capacity to cover power outages

6 (86)

Features that need to be improved are…

 O2 remainder indicator and alarms

0

 Capacity of the MPR to treat more patients

3 (43)

 O2 purity indicator and alarms

1 (14)

 Capacity of the MPR to provide O2 for longer durations

5 (71)

 Footprint of the MPR

0

During a power outage, the MPR…

 Worked without the need to make adjustments in O2 therapy

4 (57)

 Worked with minimal control of monitoring the amount of stored O2

3 (43)

 Worked without the need to make adjustments in O2 therapy based on the remaining O2

2 (29)

 Was not used to significantly improve uninterrupted O2 supply

0

 The use of the MPR during a power outage interrupted typical standard of care

0

 It is easy to move the concentrator linked to the MPR within the room

4 (67)b

 The location of the storage tank is a disturbance to daily work and facility management

0c

 You would change the size of the MPR

2 (33)b

 You would change the location of the MPR

0b

  1. aFor Likert scale questions, agree or strongly agree were considered agreement. For yes/no questions, affirmative response was considered agreement
  2. bOne respondent answered "not applicable" and was not included in the calculations
  3. cOn a Likert scale from 1 to (no disturbance to significant disturbance), six respondents answered 1 and one respondent answered 2