Table 1.

Patient (n=11) and relative (n=3) characteristics of Danish participants in an explorative study about video consultations in specialized palliative care.

Patient number and gender	Age, mean (n=59)	Diagnosis	Relative: Yes or No	Relatives included (n=3)	Video consultations (n=86) in the study period per patient (months)	Main topics in video consultation
Patient 1, male	64	Head and neck cancer	Yes	1 spouse, 1 daughter	13 October 2016 to March 2017 (6 months)	Pain relief
Patient 2, female	65	Bile duct cancer	No	—a	11 October 2016 to March 2017 (6 months)	Pain relief and nausea
Patient 3, male	63	Rectal cancer	No	—	18 November 2016 to March 2017 (5 months)	Pain relief
Patient 4, male	68	Prostate cancer	Yes	—	7 November 2016 to February 2017 (4 months)	Pain relief and dizziness
Patient 5, male	60	Prostate cancer	Yes	—	4 November 2016 to December 2016 (1 month)	Pain relief
Patient 6, female	64	Ovarian cancer	Yes	—	4 November 2016 to December 2016 (1 month)	Insomnia
Patient 7, male	30	Cystic fibrosis	Yes	—	9 January 2017 to March 2017 (3 months)	Nausea
Patient 8, female	67	Head and neck cancer	No	—	6 February 2017 to March 2017 (2 months)	Increased saliva
Patient 9, female	66	Lung cancer	No	—	6 January 2017 to March 2017 (2 months)	Pain relief and psychosocial
Patient 10, male	59	Lung cancer	Yes	1 spouse	3 February 2017 to March 2017 (2 months)	Dyspnea
Patient 11, male	47	Thymus cancer	No	—	5 February 2017 to March 2017 (2 months)	Pain relief

^aNo relatives participated.