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

Table 3 Participants’ rating of variables of satisfaction with assistive devices and services, using the QUEST instrument

		Entire study group			Sierra Leone			Malawi
QUEST	n	% participants Not satisfied^a	% participants Satisfied^b	n	% participants Not satisfied^a	% participants Satisfied^b	n	% participants Not satisfied^a	% participants Satisfied^b	Chi-Square test P-value
Assistive device
Dimension	221	39	61	139	37	63	82	40	60	.676
Weight	221	30	70	139	30	70	82	30	70	.876
Adjustment	221	26	74	139	25	75	82	29	71	.433
Safety	221	38	62	139	35	65	82	42	58	.357
Durability	215	28	72	137	30	70	78	24	76	.381
Easy to use	220	27	73	139	21	79	82	37	63	.012
Comfort	220	46	54	139	42	58	81	51	49	.240
Effectiveness	222	33	67	139	33	67	81	33	67	.971
Service
Service delivery	220	23	77	138	30	70	82	11	89	.001
Repairs and services	209	27	73	132	39	61	77	8	92	.000
Professional Service	220	15	86	138	15	85	82	15	85	.977
Follow up	209	34	66	136	41	59	73	22	78	.005

^aNot satisfied: scores 1, 2, 3 (not at all satisfied, not very satisfied more or less satisfied)
^bSatisfied: scores 4, 5 (quite satisfied and very satisfied)

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