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Table 2 Overview of professionals' a priori expectancies of the system in the use and non-use group.

From: Determinants of use and non-use of a web-based communication system in cerebral palsy care: evaluating the association between professionals' system use and their a priori expectancies and background

    

TOTAL

(n = 120)

NON-USE

(n = 54)

USE = 1

(n = 20)

USE

(n = 46)

F. Exact (1-sided)

    

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

 

Performance

Frequency of contact

How often do expect to contact colleague-professionals through use of the system?

regularly

59

49%

21

39%

15

75%

23

50%

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occasionally

58

48%

32

59%

4

20%

22

48%

 
   

rarely

3

3%

1

2%

1

5%

1

2%

 
 

Accessibility of professionals

Do you expect that you would be able to reach colleague-professionals more easily through use of the system?

yes

93

78%

39

72%

15

75%

39

85%

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don't know

10

8%

4

7%

4

20%

2

4%

 
   

no

14

12%

9

17%

1

5%

4

9%

 
   

missing value

3

3%

2

4%

0

0%

1

2%

 
 

Facilitation of inter-prof. consultation

Do you expect that you would be able to consult colleague-professionals more often through use of the system?

yes

84

70%

37

69%

14

70%

33

72%

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don't know

12

10%

5

9%

4

20%

3

7%

 
   

no

21

18%

12

22%

1

5%

8

17%

 
   

missing value

3

3%

0

0%

1

5%

2

4%

 
 

Parents' messenger role

Do you expect that as a result of using the system parents less often have to act as messenger of information between professionals?

yes (definitely)

84

70%

35

65%

16

80%

33

72%

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don't know

30

25%

17

31%

4

20%

9

20%

 
   

no (not at all)

5

4%

2

4%

0

0%

3

7%

 
   

missing value

1

1%

0

0%

0

0%

1

2%

 
 

Consistency of information

Do you expect that as a result of using the system, more consistent information can be given to parents?

yes (definitely)

72

60%

30

56%

12

60%

30

65%

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don't know

40

33%

19

35%

7

35%

14

30%

 
   

no (not at all)

7

6%

5

9%

1

5%

1

2%

 
   

missing value

1

1%

0

0%

0

0%

1

2%

 
 

Transparency of care network

Do you expect that as a result of using the system the child's care network will be more transparent?

yes (definitely)

65

54%

31

57%

10

50%

24

52%

.468

   

don't know

47

39%

19

35%

10

50%

18

39%

 
   

no (not at all)

6

5%

4

7%

0

0%

2

4%

 
   

missing value

2

2%

0

0%

0

0%

2

4%

 

Ease of use

Do you expect that the system will be easy to use for you?

yes (definitely)

48

40%

17

31%

8

40%

23

50%

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don't know

71

59%

37

69%

12

60%

22

48%

 
   

no (not at all)

1

1%

0

0%

0

0%

1

2%

 

Time availability

Do you expect that you will be able to reserve one time slot each week for responding to questions on the system?

yes (definitely)

99

83%

39

72%

17

85%

43

93%

.005*

   

don't know

17

14%

11

20%

3

15%

3

7%

 
   

no (not at all)

4

3%

4

7%

0

0%

0

0%

 

Integration daily care practice

Do you expect that you will be able to reserve time for system use within your regular working hours?

yes (definitely)

65

54%

28

52%

12

60%

25

54%

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don't know

19

16%

6

11%

5

25%

8

17%

 
   

no (not at all)

33

28%

18

33%

3

15%

12

26%

 
   

missing value

3

3%

2

4%

0

0%

1

2%

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