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Table 4 Participant satisfaction and perceived credibility with treatment

From: Self-management advice, exercise and foot orthoses for plantar heel pain: the TREADON pilot and feasibility randomised trial

 

SMA

SMA-exercises

SMA-orthoses

SMA-combined

Satisfaction (1): ‘How satisfied are you with the care received?’

Very satisfied

1 (14.3)

6 (40.0)

10 (55.6)

10 (66.7)

Quite satisfied

2 (28.6)

5 (33.3)

4 (22.2)

4 (26.7)

No opinion

1 (14.3)

3 (20.0)

3 (16.7)

0 (0.0)

Not very satisfied

1 (14.3)

0 (0.0)

1 (5.6)

0 (0.0)

Not at all satisfied

2 (28.6)

1 (6.7)

0 (0.0)

1 (6.7)

Satisfaction (2): ‘How satisfied are you with the results of treatment?’

Very satisfied

0 (0.0)

2 (13.3)

5 (27.8)

8 (53.3)

Quite satisfied

2 (28.6)

9 (60.0)

8 (44.4)

3 (20.0)

No opinion

2 (28.6)

2 (13.3)

2 (11.1)

1 (6.7)

Not very satisfied

1 (14.3)

1 (6.7)

3 (16.7)

1 (6.7)

Not at all satisfied

2 (28.6)

1 (6.7)

0 (0.0)

2 (13.3)

Satisfaction (3): ‘How satisfied are you with the information received concerning heel problem?’

Very satisfied

1 (14.3)

7 (46.7)

7 (38.9)

8 (53.3)

Quite satisfied

3 (42.9)

6 (40.0)

9 (50.0)

5 (33.3)

No opinion

1 (14.3)

2 (13.3)

2 (11.1)

1 (6.7)

Not very satisfied

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (6.7)

Not at all satisfied

2 (28.6)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Credibility (1): ‘Information booklet or treatment has helped heel pain’

Very confident

0 (0.0)

2 (15.4)

7 (41.2)

6 (42.9)1 / 7 (46.7)2

Quite confident

2 (28.6)

8 (61.5)

6 (35.3)

6 (42.9) / 3 (20.0)

Neither

3 (42.9)

2 (15.4)

2 (11.8)

0 (0.0) / 3 (20.0)

Not very confident

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (7.1) / 0 (0.0)

Not at all confident

2 (28.6)

1 (7.7)

2 (11.8)

1 (7.1) / 2 (13.3)

Credibility (2): ‘Recommending the information or treatment to others’

Very confident

1 (14.3)

3 (23.1)

8 (47.1)

8 (57.1)1 / 7 (46.7)2

Quite confident

2 (28.6)

8 (61.5)

6 (35.3)

4 (28.6) / 3 (20.0)

Neither

1 (14.3)

1 (7.7)

1 (5.9)

0 (0.0) / 2 (13.3)

Not very confident

1 (14.3)

0 (0.0)

1 (5.9)

1 (7.1) / 1 (6.7)

Not at all confident

2 (28.6)

1 (7.7)

1 (5.9)

1 (7.1) / 2 (13.3)

Credibility (3): ‘Did the information in booklet or treatment seem to make sense to you?’

Very Sensible

3 (42.9)

5 (38.5)

6 (35.3)

7 (50.0)1 / 8 (53.3)2

Quite Sensible

2 (28.6)

6 (46.2)

8 (47.1)

6 (42.9) / 6 (40.0)

No opinion

2 (28.6)

2 (15.4)

2 (11.8)

0 (0.0) / 0 (0.0)

Not very sensible

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (7.1) / 0 (0.0)

Not at all sensible

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (5.9)

0 (0.0) / 1 (6.7)

  1. Numbers are n (%). Frequency counts do not always sum to corresponding group totals due to some missing data. 1 relates to perceived credibility of exercises; 2 relates to perceived credibility of orthotics (within SMA-combined arm)