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Table 1 Summary of error rates and classification of error types by device

From: Understanding the barriers to successful adoption and use of a mobile health information system in a community health center in São Paulo, Brazil: a cohort study

Field

Type

Device

Overall error rate (frequency, %)

Most common error type (frequency, %)

Correct Patient

N/A

Phone

1/13 (7.7)

--

  

Mini

0/13 (0)

--

  

Air

3/12 (25)

--

Gender

Switch

Phone

0/13 (0)

--

  

Mini

0/13 (0)

--

  

Air

0/12 (0)

--

Age

Slider

Phone

0/13 (0)

--

  

Mini

0/13 (0)

--

  

Air

2/12 (16.7)

Other (2/2, 100)

Smoking

Switch

Phone

0/13 (0)

--

  

Mini

0/13 (0)

--

  

Air

0/12 (0)

--

Drinking

Switch

Phone

1/13 (7.7)

Other (2/2, 100)

  

Mini

0/13 (0)

--

  

Air

0/12 (0)

--

First Name

Free Text

Phone

12/13 (92.3)

Grammar/Formatting (12/12, 100)

  

Mini

12/13 (92.3)

Grammar/Formatting (12/12, 100)

  

Air

11/12 (91.7)

Grammar/Formatting (10/11, 90.9)

Last Name

Free Text

Phone

12/13 (92.3)

Grammar/Formatting (12/12, 100)

  

Mini

13/13 (100)

Grammar/Formatting (13/13, 100)

  

Air

11/12 (91.7)

Grammar/Formatting (10/11, 90.9%)

Date last seen for diabetes

Free Text

Phone

13/13 (100)

Missing (12/13, 92.3)

  

Mini

10/13 (76.9)

Missing (9/10, 90)

  

Air

10/12 (83.3)

Missing (9/10, 90)

Date last seen for hypertension

Free Text

Phone

7/13 (53.8)

Missing (7/7, 100)

  

Mini

7/13 (53.8)

Other (6/7, 85.7)

  

Air

5/12 (41.7)

Missing (3/5, 60.0)

Blood Pressure

Free Text

Phone

4/13 (30.8)

Other (4/4, 100)

  

Mini

2/13 (15.4)

Other (2/2, 100)

  

Air

5/12 (41.7)

Other (5/5, 100)

Take insulin

Switch

Phone

0/13 (0)

--

  

Mini

1/13 (7.7)

--

  

Air

0/12 (0)

--

Manage diabetes medications

Switch

Phone

4/13 (30.8)

--

  

Mini

6/13 (46.1)

--

  

Air

4/13 (30.8)

--

Manage hypertension medications

Switch

Phone

7/13 (53.8)

--

  

Mini

9/13 (69.2)

--

  

Air

5/12 (41.7)

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