Patient satisfaction and anxiety status
The HoMASQ was completed by 287 of the 332 patients (86.4%) within 30
days from first manual activation (mean 23.4 ± 2.3 days). Similar
results were recorded in the two groups. However, a trend toward a
higher satisfaction and a better relationship with healthcare providers,
even if not statistically significant, appeared from the answers of
patients in Group odRM . The average and standard deviation of the
five-point scale mean scores of each question and the percentage of
favourable answers (score ≥2) are shown in Table 5.
On the other hand, GAD-7 was administered during IPE to 297 (89.5%)
newly enrolled RM patients in order to compare the level of anxiety
associated to different RM enrolment protocols. No anxiety status was
reported in 260 (87.5%) patients, whereas mild, moderate, or severe
levels of anxiety were documented in 28 (9.4%), 8 (2.7%) and 2 (0.7%)
of patients, respectively. Of note, a significantly higher number of
patients in Group odRM referred a mild level of anxiety at the
time of their in-office visit compared to those of Group hdRM at
the time they contacted the hospital to confirm receipt of the RM
device.