Table 3.

Distribution and category of alerts linked to self-reports by the participants (N = 14) during the intervention

Health concerns	Yellow alerts n (%)	Red alerts n (%)
Pain (n = 9)	33 (44.5)
Dizziness (n = 4)	20 (27.0)	3 (60.0)
Diarrhoea (n = 3)	14 (18.9)	2 (40.0)
Fever, 3 days (n = 2)	2 (2.7)
Sadness, 2 days (n = 1)	1 (1.3)
Difficulties eating (n = 1)	1 (1.3)
Fever (n = 1)	1 (1.3)
Constipation (n = 1)	1 (1.3)
Diarrhoea and fever (n = 1)	1 (1.3)
Total alerts	74	5

Yellow alert: the homecare nurse contacted the participant within 24 h

Red alert: the homecare nurse contacted the participant on the same day