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Table 2 QUEST total scores of patients’ rating of satisfaction with assistive device and service

From: Patients’ Satisfaction with Lower-limb Prosthetic and Orthotic Devices and Service delivery in Sierra Leone and Malawi

QUEST

Entire study group n = 222

Sierra Leone n = 139

Malawi n = 83

Scale (1–5)

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

Satisfaction with assistive device, total score

3.8 (.7)

3.9 (1.1)

3.7 (.8)

3.8 (1.1)

3.9 (.7)

4.0 (1.0)

Satisfaction with services, total score

4.0 (1.0)

4.3 (1.5)

3.7* (1.0)

4.0 (1.8)

4.4* (.7)

4.7 (1.0)

  1. Response scale: 1) Not satisfied at all; 2) Not very satisfied; 3) More or less satisfied; 4) Quite satisfied; 5) Very satisfied [16]
  2. *T test p < 0.001, SD: standard deviation; IQR: Interquartile range