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Table 4 Correlates of the MdRAS and the Surgical robot questionnaire

From: Robots for surgeons? Surgeons for robots? Exploring the acceptance of robotic surgery in the light of attitudes and trust in robots

MdRAS

subscales

Surgical robot questionnaire

Characteristics and reliability

Perceived risk

Knowledge of the system

Familiarity*

Spearman rho

0.335*

0.355*

0.185

0.184

p

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.009

0.010

Interest*

Spearman rho

0.364*

0.384*

0.214

0.151

p

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.002

0.034

Negative attitude*

Spearman rho

− 0.473*

− 0.452*

− 0.492*

− 0.188

p

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.008

Self-efficacy*

Spearman rho

0.371*

0.326*

0.230

0.349*

p

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.001

< 0.001

Appearance

Spearman rho

0.121

0.158

− 0.000

0.061

p

0.090

0.027

0.996

0.398

Utility*

Spearman rho

0.503*

0.528*

0.277

0.289

p

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Cost

Spearman rho

− 0.175

− 0.124

− 0.217

− 0.167

p

0.014

0.081

0.002

0.019

Variety

Spearman rho

0.197

0.220

0.106

0.081

p

0.006

0.002

0.137

0.256

Control

Spearman rho

0.211

0.245

0.117

0.004

p

0.003

< 0.001

0.102

0.959

Social support

Spearman rho

0.174

0.178

0.017

0.149

p

0.014

0.012

0.817

0.037

Operation

Spearman rho

0.247

0.252

0.025

0.206

p

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.727

0.004

Environmental fit

Spearman rho

− 0.160

− 0.141

− 0.204

− 0.047

p

0.025

0.049

< 0.004

0.514