Technical issues
| Patients | Caregivers | Patients | Caregivers | ||
| Being able to fall asleep easily and stay asleep whilst using my ventilator | Being able to mount it on my wheelchair | ||||
| Unimportant | 11% | 4% | |||
| Unimportant | 1% | 0% | Not very important | 8% | 10% |
| Not very important | 1% | 1% | Important | 15% | 25% |
| Important | 21% | 27% | Very important | 29% | 41% |
| Very important | 76% | 70% | Not relevant | 37% | 20% |
| Not relevant | 1% | 2% | The ventilator responds automatically to my breathing | ||
| Being able to travel with it (e.g. by car and air) | |||||
| Unimportant | 4% | 8% | Unimportant | 2% | 0% |
| Not very important | 6% | 8% | Not very important | 3% | 3% |
| Important | 29% | 27% | Important | 31% | 31% |
| Very important | 53% | 45% | Very important | 60% | 62% |
| Not relevant | 8% | 12% | Not relevant | 4% | 4% |
| Having alarms | Being able to adjust the alarms | ||||
| Unimportant | 4% | 3% | Unimportant | 7% | 11% |
| Not very important | 13% | 2% | Not very important | 16% | 12% |
| Important | 36% | 35% | Important | 38% | 42% |
| Very important | 42% | 60% | Very important | 30% | 33% |
| Not relevant | 5% | 0% | Not relevant | 9% | 2% |
| How much electricity it uses | Having an external power supply | ||||
| Unimportant | 17% | 13% | Unimportant | 7% | 2% |
| Not very important | 24% | 26% | Not very important | 15% | 9% |
| Important | 27% | 36% | Important | 33% | 23% |
| Very important | 24% | 21% | Very important | 34% | 57% |
| Not relevant | 8% | 4% | Not relevant | 11% | 9% |
| Having a built-in/integrated humidifier | Having a battery with a long life | ||||
| Unimportant | 5% | 4% | Unimportant | 6% | 2% |
| Not very important | 14% | 8% | Not very important | 11% | 7% |
| Important | 33% | 31% | Important | 32% | 30% |
| Very important | 40% | 51% | Very important | 41% | 56% |
| Not relevant | 8% | 6% | Not relevant | 10% | 5% |
| The ventilator compensates for mask leaks | Being able to operate the ventilator myself (e.g. on/off buttons, alarm reset) | ||||
| Unimportant | 3% | 2% | |||
| Not very important | 8% | 4% | Unimportant | 4% | 7% |
| Important | 41% | 37% | Not very important | 5% | 6% |
| Very important | 36% | 32% | Important | 31% | 36% |
| Not relevant | 12% | 25% | Very important | 53% | 37% |
| Being able to adjust the settings | Not relevant | 7% | 14% | ||
| Unimportant | 17% | 17% | Having more than one pre-programmed setting | ||
| Not very important | 22% | 15% | |||
| Important | 29% | 32% | Unimportant | 14% | 13% |
| Very important | 19% | 16% | Not very important | 18% | 6% |
| Not relevant | 13% | 20% | Important | 32% | 41% |
| Being able to clean the equipment easily | Very important | 22% | 24% | ||
| Unimportant | 1% | 1% | Not relevant | 14% | 16% |
| Not very important | 6% | 3% | Being able to change/clean the tubing and filters easily | ||
| Important | 41% | 43% | |||
| Very important | 50% | 52% | Unimportant | 0% | 1% |
| Not relevant | 2% | 1% | Not very important | 3% | 2% |
| Important | 41% | 33% | |||
| Very important | 55% | 63% | |||
| Not relevant | 1% | 1% |