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Table 3 Mean and Median Completion Time of Paper and Electronic Forms (E-forms) by New and Follow-up Patients

From: Electronic forms for patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) are an effective, time-efficient, and cost-minimizing alternative to paper forms

  

New

(n = 21)

Follow-up

(n = 175)

Overall

(n = 196)

Paper Form

Mean (seconds)

323.8 (473.8)a

255.9 (405.9)

263.7 (413.7)

Median (seconds)

302.1 (452.1)

207.6 (357.6)

221.1 (371.1)

E-Form

Mean (seconds)

519.8 b

394.2

407.3

Median (seconds)

408

293

294.5

  1. aNumbers in brackets include two and a half minutes added for manual scoring, verification, and data entry
  2. bBolded numbers indicate the longest time to completion when comparing paper form to e-form
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Pediatric Rheumatology

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