Table 1.

Characteristics of the recruited participants. M indicates those receiving the advanced weight alert (weight-MACD) and C those receiving the advanced impedance alert (impedance-CUSUM)

	Arm A	Pooled Arm P
Number	8	8 (4 + 4)
Self-entered occupation	1 Nurse lecturer	1 Senior research nurse (M)
	1 Cardiac specialist nurse	1 Heart failure specialist nurse (M)
	2 Heart failure nurse specialist	1 Telehealth nurse (research) (C)
	1 Cardiac nurse specialist	1 Heart failure nurse (M)
	1 Heart failure nurse	1 Clinical lecturer telehealth (C)
	1 Research nurse	2 Heart failure nurse (C)
	1 Did not answer	1 Trust doctor (cardiology) (M)
How would you grade your knowledge of telemonitoring systems?	4 Expert	4 Expert
	2 Intermediate	3 Intermediate
	2 Did not answer	1 Novice
How would you grade your knowledge of heart failure treatment and pathophysiology?	4 Expert	6 Expert
	2 Intermediate	2 Intermediate
	2 Did not answer