From: How residents and interns utilise and perceive the personal digital assistant and UpToDate
 | Only 23 respondents who used both UpToDate and PDAs with medical software applications | ||
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Characteristic | UpToDate | PDA | p value |
Time spent per week* | 1.0 hr (1.0 – 2.0) | 1.0 hr (0.5 – 2.0) | 0.21 |
Frequency of use per week* | 3.0 times (2.0 – 5.0) | 12.0 times (5.0 – 18.0) | < 0.001 |
Usefulness†| 1.0 (1.0 – 1.0) | 2.0 (1.0 – 2.0) | 0.005 |