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Table 3 Mean opinion scores (standard deviation) for the three domains of the questionnaire

From: Assessment of validity evidence for the RobotiX robot assisted surgery simulator on advanced suturing tasks

 

Robotic experience

Laparoscopic experience

Novices

Total group

p-values

Task 1

    

R vs N

L vs N

R vs L

 Realism

3.5 (0.7)

3.5 (0.6)

3.7 (0.5)

3.6 (0.6)

0.230

0.106

0.853

 Didactic value

4.0 (0.9)

3.7 (1.0)

4.0 (0.5)

3.9 (0.8)

0.892

0.156

0.354

 Usability

3.9 (0.6)

4.2 (0.6)

4.4 (0.5)

4.1 (0.6)

0.007

0.195

0.161

Task 2

 Realism

3.4 (0.8)

3.8 (0.5)

3.8 (0.5)

3.7 (0.6)

0.078

0.975

0.082

 Didactic value

4.0 (0.7)

4.2 (0.5)

4.2 (0.4)

4.1 (0.6)

0.274

0.923

0.360

 Usability

3.9 (0.6)

4.3 (0.6)

4.5 (0.5)

4.2 (0.6)

0.002

0.131

0.094

Task 3

 Realism

3.5 (0.7)

4.1 (0.5)

3.6 (0.4)

3.7 (0.6)

0.470

0.005

0.009

 Didactic value

3.9 (0.8)

4.1 (0.8)

4.1 (0.6)

4.0 (0.7)

0.386

0.801

0.564

 Usability

4.0 (0.7)

4.2 (0.6)

4.4 (0.5)

4.2 (0.6)

0.048

0.227

0.335

  1. Data in this table represents mean scores and standard deviation. Statistical differences were calculated using independent t-test. A p-value of < 0.05 was considered statistically significant (displayed in bold)