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Table 1 Demographic data of participants — lay users and health care personnel (HCP)

From: Usability testing to evaluate user experience on cyclers for automated peritoneal dialysis

 

Lay users

HCPs

N = 10

N = 11

Age (years, mean, range)

63 (52–75)

40 (24–52)

Male/female (n)

7/3

2/9

Technical affinity (mean, range)a

4.1 (3.6–4.7)

n/a

Empathy (mean, range)b

3.9 (3.3–4.2)

n/a

Professional work experience (years, mean, range)

24.7 (6–45)

18.5 (2–30)

Profession (n)

Technical profession (4)

Nurse (8)

Clerk (2)

Diabetes advisor (1)

Craftsman (1)

Medical assistant (2)

Pensioner (3)

 
  1. aTechnical affinity as evaluated with a questionnaire as given in [5]
  2. bEmpathy as screened with the Interpersonal Reactivity Index [6]