Patient satisfaction and anxiety status
The HoMASQ was completed by 287 of the 332 patients (86.4%) within 30 days from first manual activation (mean 23.4 ± 2.3 days). Similar results were recorded in the two groups. However, a trend toward a higher satisfaction and a better relationship with healthcare providers, even if not statistically significant, appeared from the answers of patients in Group odRM . The average and standard deviation of the five-point scale mean scores of each question and the percentage of favourable answers (score ≥2) are shown in Table 5.
On the other hand, GAD-7 was administered during IPE to 297 (89.5%) newly enrolled RM patients in order to compare the level of anxiety associated to different RM enrolment protocols. No anxiety status was reported in 260 (87.5%) patients, whereas mild, moderate, or severe levels of anxiety were documented in 28 (9.4%), 8 (2.7%) and 2 (0.7%) of patients, respectively. Of note, a significantly higher number of patients in Group odRM referred a mild level of anxiety at the time of their in-office visit compared to those of Group hdRM at the time they contacted the hospital to confirm receipt of the RM device.