Table 2 Functional and operational aspects of HESN in respect to the composites scores of practicability, design, data and communication, technical support, and general impression, KSA, 2016
Technical aspects | n | Composite practicability score | Composite design score | Composite data and communication score | Composite technical support scale | Composite impression scale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Training | ||||||
Once | 225 | 3.62 ± 0.70 | 3.65 ± 0.72 | 3.56 ± 0.66 | 3.24 ± 0.71 | 3.96 ± 0.71 |
More than once | 191 | 3.67 ± 0.70 | 3.61 ± 0.77 | 3.60 ± 0.69 | 3.34 ± 0.71 | 3.99 ± 0.69 |
No training | 69 | 3.64 ± 0.59 | 3.62 ± 0.68 | 3.58 ± 0.62 | 3.30 ± 0.74 | 3.93 ± 0.70 |
p-value† | 0.702 | 0.909 | 0.573 | 0.307 | 0.855 | |
Internet speed | ||||||
Fast | 94 | 3.98 ± 0.62 | 3.87 ± 0.65 | 3.80 ± 0.58 | 3.65 ± 0.61 | 4.22 ± 0.56 |
Moderate | 239 | 3.74 ± 0.59 | 3.71 ± 0.66 | 3.64 ± 0.61 | 3.38 ± 0.64 | 4.03 ± 0.66 |
Slow | 152 | 3.28 ± 0.70 | 3.36 ± 0.80 | 3.33 ± 0.74 | 2.91 ± 0.72 | 3.72 ± 0.76 |
p value† | < 0.001* | < 0.001* | < 0.001* | < 0.001* | < 0.001* | |
Internet connection | ||||||
Home net | 30 | 3.75 ± 0.79 | 3.76 ± 0.86 | 3.72 ± 0.78 | 3.21 ± 0.90 | 4.00 ± 0.87 |
Work and home net | 169 | 3.74 ± 0.63 | 3.72 ± 0.67 | 3.64 ± 0.62 | 3.30 ± 0.74 | 4.09 ± 0.64 |
Work net | 286 | 3.58 ± 0.70 | 3.56 ± 0.75 | 3.52 ± 0.68 | 3.29 ± 0.67 | 3.89 ± 0.70 |
p value† | 0.133 | 0.074 | 0.294 | 0.744 | 0.088 | |
Authority | ||||||
Entering and presenting data | 209 | 3.60 ± 0.66 | 3.58 ± 0.73 | 3.55 ± 0.66 | 3.18 ± 0.69 | 3.96 ± 0.68 |
Full use | 103 | 3.68 ± 0.70 | 3.7 ± 0.70 | 3.60 ± 0.71 | 3.31 ± 0.78 | 4.08 ± 0.72 |
Only entering data | 173 | 3.67 ± 0.71 | 3.66 ± 0.74 | 3.60 ± 0.65 | 3.41 ± 0.69 | 3.92 ± 0.70 |
p value† | 0.397 | 0.352 | 0.732 | 0.009* | 0.223 | |
Function | ||||||
Immunization | 79 | 3.67 ± 0.70 | 3.72 ± 0.78 | 3.51 ± 0.66 | 3.10 ± 0.78 | 3.91 ± 0.89 |
Investigation | 101 | 3.68 ± 0.66 | 3.64 ± 0.66 | 3.63 ± 0.64 | 3.38 ± 0.64 | 4.06 ± 0.66 |
Notifications management | 53 | 3.64 ± 0.74 | 3.61 ± 0.75 | 3.67 ± 0.63 | 3.33 ± 0.80 | 4.01 ± 0.66 |
Outbreak investigation | 141 | 3.56 ± 0.75 | 3.53 ± 0.82 | 3.52 ± 0.75 | 3.17 ± 0.74 | 3.91 ± 0.73 |
Reporting | 100 | 3.72 ± 0.59 | 3.73 ± 0.62 | 3.62 ± 0.59 | 3.50 ± 0.54 | 3.98 ± 0.55 |
Work management | 11 | 3.55 ± 0.55 | 3.47 ± 0.57 | 3.42 ± 0.62 | 3.14 ± 0.81 | 4.05 ± 0.53 |
p value† | 0.840 | 0.178 | 0.429 | <0.001* | 0.684 | |
Internet browser | ||||||
Firefox | 235 | 3.62 ± 0.69 | 3.60 ± 0.76 | 3.53 ± 0.65 | 3.24 ± 0.72 | 3.97 ± 0.71 |
Google chrome | 222 | 3.72 ± 0.65 | 3.72 ± 0.66 | 3.66 ± 0.67 | 3.36 ± 0.70 | 4.01 ± 0.67 |
Internet explorer | 28 | 3.25 ± 0.75 | 3.25 ± 0.86 | 3.29 ± 0.67 | 3.12 ± 0.69 | 3.57 ± 0.73 |
p value† | 0.003* | 0.011* | 0.005* | 0.08 | 0.003* | |
Interface language | ||||||
Arabic | 159 | 3.59 ± 0.68 | 3.56 ± 0.74 | 3.51 ± 0.65 | 3.16 ± 0.74 | 3.93 ± 0.77 |
English | 209 | 3.71 ± 0.66 | 3.71 ± 0.67 | 3.65 ± 0.64 | 3.44 ± 0.66 | 3.97 ± 0.61 |
Both Arabic and English | 117 | 3.6 ± 0.72 | 3.59 ± 0.81 | 3.54 ± 0.73 | 3.6 ± 0.72 | 4.01 ± 0.74 |
p value | 0.355 | 0.183 | 0.063 | <0.001* | 0.568 | |