Table 2

Reliability of each of the empowerment questions within the questionnaire

The remote monitoring system …	Scale mean	Scale variance	Corrected item: total correlation	Cronbach’s alpha (range 0–1)
Assisted me in managing my health on a day-to-day basis	21.43	10.158	0.722	0.904
Reduced the number of health professional visits	21.61	9.241	0.828	0.891
Prevented or reduced need to attend outpatient appointments	21.78	9.055	0.715	0.906
Has helped me manage my own condition and become involved in healthcare	21.63	9.783	0.699	0.905
Has given peace of mind	21.51	10.405	0.678	0.908
Has reduced number of GP visits	21.58	9.308	0.817	0.893
Has prevented the need to attend emergency department and/or GP out-of-hours service	21.72	8.843	0.767	0.899