Thus, few studies report acceptability of reporting GPS based travel data.
At the end of the study, acceptability of salbutamol Easyhaler®was evaluated using a questionnaire and Easyhaler®was also compared with the inhalation device the patient had used earlier.
However, we argue that it is important to understand method acceptability in light of other aspects of study acceptability.
Despite the high ANC visits by expectant mothers in this study, acceptability to use health facilities during deliveries is low in the rural communities in LMICs [ 20].
To use a mixed qualitative and quantitative methods process evaluation to assess the study acceptability, feasibility and intervention fidelity from the perspectives of women and National Health Service staff.
In a subgroup of 611 women taking part in MARIBS, we studied acceptability, anxiety, intrusive thoughts and intention to return (Anderson et al, 2004).
The interview guide included the following topics: study acceptability and comprehension, gel acceptability, gel and condom use, partnership types and involvement in gel use, risk perception, sexual practices, and vaginal practices including cleansing and insertion.
We assessed study acceptability using five, 5-point Likert items (strongly disagree to strongly agree) taken from the exit ACASI in which participants rated their study experience (Table 4).
However, self-collection was used to increase study acceptability, sampling instructions were regularly reinforced using verbal and printed methods and sampling methods were the same for all participants, limiting the potential for bias.
In our study, acceptability was related to patients' confidence in their ability to answer questions about their health, even after adjusting for patients' self-reported experience in using computers.
1 Overall, 70% of study participants accepted self-testing (range 22%–87%); acceptability was highest in a study from Malawi that involved home self-testing with minimal supervision and lowest in a study of health care workers from Kenya, though in this study acceptability increased to 97% in those who attended a pretest information session (and 55% also took self-test kits for their partners).
