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Table 4 Acceptability of the PSPAF intervention and cut-off points

From: A self-management support intervention for patients with atrial fibrillation: a randomized controlled pilot trial

Preliminary cut-off points

Threshold (%)

Observed values (%)

Cut-off point reached?

The PSPAF intervention was considered acceptable when participants…

1. Rated the intervention partly to very useful

≥ 75

100

Yes

2. Rated the intervention partly to very important

≥ 75

100

Yes

3. Liked the intervention partly to very much

≥ 75

100

Yes

4. Will eventually or definitively recommend the intervention to others

≥ 75

100

Yes

5. Rated the duration of the intervention as accurate

≥ 75

100

Yes

6. Rated the difficulty level of the intervention partly to very easy

≥ 75

100

Yes

7. Rated the comprehensibility of the intervention as partly to very high

≥ 75

100

Yes

8. Rated the intervention partly to very helpful concerning dealing with AF in everyday life

≥ 75

71.4

No

9. Did not experience any negative consequences related to the intervention

≥ 90

85.7

No

10. Rated implementation of the content of the intervention in daily life partly to very easy

≥ 75

71.4

No

11. Rated the likelihood of continuing a daily PSP twice a day as rather likely to very likely

≥ 75

71.4

No

12. Were considered adherent to PSP (> 80% of possible entries were filled out)

≥ 75

50.0

No

  1. PSP pulse self-palpation, PSPAF pulse self-palpation for patients with atrial fibrillation intervention