Table 2.
Patients’ characteristics regarding the (personal) use of video consultation (VC) and travelling expenditures
| Patient characteristics | F2F-group (n = 29) |
VC-group (n = 21) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reason for follow up | |||
| Regular follow-up | 18 (62.1) | 13 (61.9) | 0.011¥* |
| Discussing a complaint | 4 (13.8) | ||
| Discussing overall progress | 6 (28.6) | ||
| Discussing a result | 2 (6.9) | ||
| Discussing a treatment | 5 (17.2) | 2 (9.5) | |
| Approximate distance travelled, km (SD) | 18.9 (10.2–36.0) | 35.6 (16.4–55.8) | 0.066# |
| Estimated one-way travel time by public transportation, min (SD) | 57 (32–87) | 77 (50–100) | 0.771# |
| Travelling cost, € (SD) | |||
| By car | 2.76 (1.47–6.48) | 4.64 (1.87–7.22) | 0.185# |
| By train | 7.30 (2.42–10.49) | 9.17 (4.26–13.1) | 0.140# |
| Type of device, n (%) | |||
| iPhone | 5 (17.2) | – | 0.467¥ |
| iPad | 5 (17.2) | 6 (28.6) | |
| Android phone | 10 (34.5) | 8 (38.1) | |
| Android tablet | 2 (6.9) | 1 (4.8) | |
| Apple computer | 2 (6.9) | 2 (9.5) | |
| PC/desktop | 5 (17.2) | 4 (19.1) | |
| Technical experience with VC, n (%) | |||
| None | 8 (27.6) | 1 (4.8) | 0.165¥ |
| A little | 12 (41.4) | 7 (33.3) | |
| Enough | 4 (13.8) | 6 (28.6) | |
| A lot | 4 (13.8) | 5 (23.8) | |
| Experienced | 1 (3.4) | 2 (9.5) | |
| Previous VC in healthcare, n (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.000 |
| Private use VC, n (%) | |||
| None | 8 (27.6) | 1 (4.8) | 0.010¥* |
| A little | 12 (41.4) | 7 (33.3) | |
| Sufficient | 4 (13.8) | 6 (28.6) | |
| A lot | 4 (13.8) | 5 (23.8) | |
| Experienced | 1 (3.4) | 2 (9.5) | |
#Mann Whitney U test, ¥Chi Square test, *p < 0.05