Table 4.
Perception of health care professionals on barriers to implement telemonitoring in Norway (N=226) and Lithuania (N=310).
| Barriers to implement telemonitoring | Norway, n (%) | Lithuania, n (%) | ||
| Financinga | ||||
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Health care authorities | |||
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Regional health authorities, Ministry of health care services | 123 (62.1) | 87 (38.7) |
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Specialist health care services, Territorial Patient Fund | 25 (12.6) | 85 (37.8) |
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I do not know | 29 (14.6) | 23 (10.2) |
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Unreported or missing | 28 (14.1) | 85 (37.8) |
| Patients limitationsb | ||||
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Mental and physical limitations | |||
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Mental limitations | 91 (48.4) | 22 (13.9) |
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Acute or physical limitation | 57 (30.3) | 52 (32.9) |
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Age limitations | 48 (25.5) | 6 (3.8) |
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Knowledge limitations | |||
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Technical skills | 44 (23.4) | 14 (8.9) |
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Compliance issues | 14 (7.4) | 11 (7.0) |
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I do not know | 15 (8.0) | 46 (29.1) |
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Unreported or missing | 28 (12.4) | 152 (49.0) |
aIn Norway, a total of 198 out of 226 (87.6%) participants responded to the open-ended question and a total of 225 out of 310 (72.6%) HCPs in Lithuania. More than 1 answer was possible.
bIn Norway, a total of 188 out of 226 (83.2%) participants responded to the open-ended question and a total of 158 out of 310 (51.0%) HCPs in Lithuania. More than 1 answer was possible.