Table 1.

Participant characteristics

Patient	Age (years)	Gender	Diagnosis	Education	Occupation	Prescribed DiGA
1	57	Male	Rheumatoid arthritis	Middle School Degree	Occupational therapist	Vivira
2	21	Female	Suspected rheumatic disease	High School Degree	Student	Vivira
3	36	Male	Rheumatoid arthritis	High School Degree	Nurse	Vivira
4	27	Male	Rheumatoid arthritis	Middle School Degree	Master carpenter	Vivira
5	40	Female	Rheumatoid arthritis	Middle School Degree	Fitness specialist	Vivira
6	46	Female	Rheumatoid arthritis	High School Degree	Nurse	Kaia
7	40	Male	Rheumatoid arthritis	High School Degree	Project manager	Kaia
8	58	Female	Polyarthritis	Vocational training	Childminder	Kaia
9	25	Male	Axial spondylo-arthritis	Master’s degree	Pre-series scheduler	Kaia
10	31	Male	Suspected rheumatic disease	Vocational training	Cook	Kaia
HCP	Age (years)	Gender	Occupation		Medical specialisation
1	36	Male	Consultant		Internal medicine rheumatology, physical therapy & balneology
2	34	Female	Resident		Internal medicine
3	33	Male	Consultant		Rheumatologist, Digital health researcher
4	31	Female	Resident		Rheumatologist
DiGA Producer	Age (years)	Gender	Education		Occupation
1	39	Male	University degree		Kaia Health
Focus Group	Age (years)	Gender	Education		Occupation
1	34	Male	University degree		Research assistant
2	40	Male	University degree		Physician / Specialist
3	58	Male	University degree		Physician / Specialist
4	61	Male	University degree		Physician / Specialist
5	47	Female	Apprenticeship		Specialist assistant
6	33	Male	University degree		Physician / Specialist
7	36	Female	Physician /Specialist		Physician
8	46	Male	University degree		Specialist assistant
9	33	Male	University degree		Digital Health Entrepreneur
10	28	Male	University degree		Digital Health Entrepreneur / Patient
11	36	Male	University degree		Digital Health Entrepreneur