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Table 3 Understanding of the 14 English words that could not be translated (n = 42)

From: Patients’ understanding of telemedicine terms required for informed consent when translated into Kiswahili

 

Understood n (%)

 

Understood n (%)

firewall

0

synchronous

1 (2.4)

encryption

0

GPRS

4 (9.5)

decryption

0

hacker

4 (9.5)

latency

0

3G

5 (11.9)

telemedicine

0

electronic record

8 (19.0)

tele-diagnosis

0

wifi

11 (26.2)

electronic prescription

0

monitor

11 (26.2)

  1. No-one understood the words telemedicine, firewall, encryption, decryption and tele-diagnosis