Table 2.
Cardiologist | HF nurse | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic |
(N=36) |
SD |
(N=126) |
SD |
P-value |
(N=162) |
SD |
Age (mean),y |
50 |
8 |
47 |
9 |
0.93 |
48 |
8 |
Female sex (%) |
9(25) |
|
102(82) |
|
<0.01 |
111(68) |
|
Work region |
|
|
|
|
0.42 |
|
|
North |
9 |
|
27 |
|
|
36 |
|
Middle |
13 |
|
45 |
|
|
58 |
|
South |
12 |
|
53 |
|
|
65 |
|
Education |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
University |
34 |
|
5 |
|
|
39 |
|
Master |
|
|
40 |
|
|
40 |
|
Applied science |
|
|
86 |
|
|
86 |
|
Years of experience in current position (mean) |
16 |
9 |
6 |
3 |
<0.01 |
8 |
6 |
Working hours per week with HF patients (mean) |
11 |
10 |
21 |
8 |
<0.01 |
19 |
10 |
Experience with computers |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total in years |
19 |
7 |
16 |
5 |
0.03 |
17 |
6 |
Operating systems |
16 |
7 |
13 |
5 |
0.02 |
14 |
6 |
Software applications |
16 |
6 |
12 |
5 |
0.01 |
13 |
6 |
Programming language |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Email |
13 |
5 |
13 |
4 |
0.47 |
13 |
5 |
Internet |
13 |
4 |
13 |
4 |
0.96 |
13 |
5 |
Use of telemonitoring systems (%) | 49 | 32 | 0.09 | 35 |