Have you made any changes to the ventilator to make it easier to use or more comfortable? | | | Do you use the ventilator as instructed? | | |
| | Yes | 98% | 95% |
| | Sometimes | 1% | 0% |
No | 85% | 83% | No | 1% | 5% |
Yes | 15% | 17% | How good is the formal support that you | | |
How did the health professional provide | | | receive with your ventilator at home | | |
information about the ventilator? | | | (e.g. doctor, a home support team, local | | |
Spoken information | 36% | 32% | healthcare service)? | | |
Spoken information | 36% | 32% | Excellent | 28% | 37% |
Written information | 15% | 18% | Good | 38% | 34% |
Demonstrated using the equipment | 29% | 28% | Satisfactory | 18% | 18% |
Watched me using the equipment | 18% | 18% | Unsatisfactory | 6% | 7% |
No/not much information | 3% | 4% | No support | 10% | 4% |
In-patient training | 36% | 32% | How could using your ventilator at home be | | |
Home-based training | 15% | 18% | improved for you? | | |
Would you be happy for your health | | | Do not know/fine as it is | 63% | 69% |
professional to monitor your ventilator remotely (telemonitoring) to make sure the settings are always correct and comfortable for you? | | | Yes | 37% | 31% |
Yes | 47% | 62% | | | |
Maybe | 30% | 22% | | | |
No | 23% | 16% | | | |