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. 2017 Sep 5;19(9):e300. doi: 10.2196/jmir.7512

Table 1.

Characteristics of respondents.

Characteristics Total (n=99) No experience with digital care (n=42) Experience with digital care (n=57)


Dermatologist (n=26) Nurse (n=16) Dermatologist (n=39) Nurse (n=18)
Gender, n (%)





Male 34 (34) 12 (46) 0 (0) 22 (56) 0 (0)

Female 65 (66) 14 (54) 16 (100) 17 (44) 18 (100)
Age (missing n=1), mean (SD) 47.0 (10.5) 45.0 (12.6) 50.4 (6.6) 46.1 (10.9) 48.7 (8.8)
Organization, n (%)





General hospital 50 (51) 12 (46) 12 (75) 16 (41) 10 (56)

University hospital 37 (37) 13 (50) 2 (13) 16 (41) 6 (33)

Primary care or home health care or other 5 (5) 0 (0) 2 (13) 1 (3) 2 (11)

Independent treatment centre 7 (7) 1 (4) 0 (0) 6 (15) 0 (0)
Experience with digital care, n (%)





E-consultation 23 (23) 0 (0) 0 (0) 15 (39) 8 (44)

Patient portal 16 (16) 0 (0) 0 (0) 7 (18) 9 (50)

Web-based self-management training 14 (14) 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (10) 10 (56)

Teledermatology 18 (18) 0 (0) 0 (0) 18 (46) 0 (0)

Video of webcam consult 2 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (3) 1 (6)

Othera 9 (9) 0 (0) 0 (0) 8 (21) 1 (6)

aOther eHealth tools such as wound-telemonitoring system, portal for Web-based questionnaires, informational site.