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Table 7 IPAQ scale distributional characteristics - assessment eeusable pen (Visit 1) 1

From: Psychometric Assessment of the Injection Pen Assessment Questionnaire (IPAQ): measuring ease of use and preference with injection pens for human growth hormone

Subscale/Total Score

N

Mean

SD

Floor (%)

Ceiling (%)

Range

Overall ease of use

136

79.6

22.2

1 (0.7%)

58 (42.6%)

0.0-100.0

Preparing the pen

136

76.4

18.2

0 (0.0%)

21 (15.4%)

31.3-100.0

Setting the dose

136

93.0

12.4

0 (0.0%)

85 (62.5%)

33.3-100.0

Injecting the medicine

136

77.1

19.5

1 (0.7%)

25 (18.4%)

0.0-100.0

Maintaining the pen

136

91.1

16.0

0 (0.0%)

91 (66.9%)

37.5-100.0

Total IPAQ score

136

84.4

12.8

0 (0.0%)

13 (9.6%)

42.7-100.0

  1. 1Ceiling indicates “Very Easy” for all items in a subscale and floor indicates “Very Difficult” for all items in a subscale.