Relationships between questions that assess patient satisfaction with telemedicine
Correlations
Question/Statement 24
Question/Statement 26
Question/Statement 27
Question/Statement 28
Question/Statement 36
Spearman’s rho
Question/Statement 24
Correlation coefficient
1.000
–0.141*
–0.229**
Sig. (2-tailed)
0.013
< 0.001
N
305
305
305
Question/Statement 26
Correlation coefficient
1.000
0.678**
0.576**
0.405**
Sig. (2-tailed)
< 0.001
< 0.001
< 0.001
N
305
305
305
305
Question/Statement 27
Correlation coefficient
–0.141*
0.678**
1.000
0.642**
0.519**
Sig. (2-tailed)
0.013
< 0.001
< 0.001
< 0.001
N
305
305
305
305
305
Question/Statement 28
Correlation coefficient
0.576**
0.642**
1.000
0.437**
Sig. (2-tailed)
< 0.001
< 0.001
< 0.001
N
305
305
305
305
Question/Statement 36
Correlation coefficient
–0.229**
0.405**
0.519**
0.437**
1.000
Sig. (2-tailed)
< 0.001
< 0.001
< 0.001
< 0.001
N
305
305
305
305
305
* Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed); ** correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed); N: number of patients; Sig: significance
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Acknowledgments
We would like to thank Mr. Daniel Cornwall for his assistance with data collection and data entry as a medical On-The-Job-Trainee.
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
Ethical approval
This study was approved by the Bioethics Committee of the South West Regional Health Authority with reference/approval number 2023-09-18-14-17.
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