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Table 3 Participants subjective post-test assessment of difficulty in providing self-administered ultrasound examination

From: Empowering the willing: the feasibility of tele-mentored self-performed pleural ultrasound assessment for the surveillance of lung health

Anatomic

Median

Mean Self-Reported Score1

Location

Rating

(95% confidence interval)

(1) Right Upper Chest

5

4.67 (4.24–5.09)

(2) Right Lower Chest

5

4.67 (4.24–5.09)

(3) Left Upper Chest

5

4.67 (4.24–5.09)

(4) Left Lower Chest

5

4.67 (4.24–5.09)

(5) Right Side Lower

5

4.52 (4.07–4.96)

(6) Right Side Upper

5

4.44 (4.04–4.85)

(7) Left Side Lower

5

4.52 (4.07–4.96)

(8) Left Side Upper

5

4.44 (4.04–4.85)

(9) Right Back Lower

4

3.89 (3.49–4.29)

(10) Right Back Middle

3.5

3.41 (3.01–3.81)

(11) Right Back Upper

3

2.93 (2.41–3.44)

(12) Left Back Lower

4

3.96 (3.55–4.38)

(15) Left Back Middle

4

3.35 (2.89–3.80)

(16) Left Back Upper

3.5

2.85 (2.33–3.37)

  1. Anatomic location is visually demonstrated in Fig. 1
  2. Mean Self-Reported Score1 was recorded as a 5-point Likert scale from 1 Hard to 5 Easy (1—Very Hard, 2—Hard, 3—Neutral, 4—Easy, 5—Very Easy)