A questionnaire-based survey to assess patient satisfaction, ease-of-learning, ease-of-use, injection site pain and overall patient satisfaction of the follitropin-alpha (Gonal-f) filled-by-mass (FbM) prefilled pen compared with other systems of gonadotrophin administration

Utsunomiya, Takafumi; Tanaka, Atsushi; Tatsumi, Kenichi; Ezcurra, Diego

doi:10.1186/1477-7827-10-93

Table 1 Ease of learning*

From: A questionnaire-based survey to assess patient satisfaction, ease-of-learning, ease-of-use, injection site pain and overall patient satisfaction of the follitropin-alpha (Gonal-f) filled-by-mass (FbM) prefilled pen compared with other systems of gonadotrophin administration

Question	Possible answers		Patient response (n)	Patient response (%)	Total no. patients who responded to question
Were the instructions for administering the follitropin-alpha pen easy to understand?	Yes		546	83.0	658
	OK		106	16.1	658
	No		6	0.9	658
	N/A		5
Which tools did you use to learn how to use the follitropin-alpha pen and how useful were they?	Hands-on demonstration by nurse/doctor	Very useful	582	91.5	636
		Useful	52	8.2	636
		Not useful	2	0.3	636
		N/A	27
	Leaflet	Very useful	421	71.1	592
		Useful	161	27.2	592
		Not useful	10	1.7	592
		N/A	71
	DVD	Very useful	160	47.3	338
		Useful	135	39.9	338
		Not useful	43	12.7	338
		N/A	325
	Web	Very useful	18	26.1	69
		Useful	21	30.4	69
		Not useful	30	43.5	69
		N/A	594
Which of the tools did you find was the most useful in learning how to use the follitropin-alpha pen?	Hands-on demonstration by nurse/doctor		497	80.0	621
	Leaflet		89	14.3	621
	DVD		35	5.6	621
	Web		0	0.0	621
	N/A		42
How easy was it for you to understand how to use the follitropin-alpha pen?	1 (very difficult)		3	0.5	658
	2		4	0.6	658
	3		11	1.7	658
	4		5	0.8	658
	5		26	4.0	658
	6		21	3.2	658
	7		49	7.4	658
	8		152	23.1	658
	9		128	19.5	658
	10 (very easy)		259	39.4	658
	N/A		5
Based on your experience of learning, would you ecommend the follitropin-alpha pen to another woman who was considering fertility treatment?	Yes		611	94.9	644
	No		33	5.1	644
	N/A		19
Have you used any of the following medications in the past? If yes, please select the medication that you most recently used^†	Follistim pen		130	40.9	318
	Follistim vial		53	16.7	318
	hMG		119	37.4	318
	Gonapure		6	1.9	318
	Folyrmon P		10	3.1	318
	N/A or no previous use		348
Which treatment did you find to be the easiest to use: the follitropin-alpha pen or a previous treatment medication?	Follitropin-alpha pen		232	75.1	309
	Same ease of use		70	22.7	309
	Other product		7	2.3	309
	N/A or no use		354

*Patients were asked a series of questions to assess how easy it was to learn to use the follitropin-alpha (FbM) prefilled pen. N/A = patient did not answer the question. ^† Includes multiple answers.

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