Table 1.

Quality assessment of teleconsultation with a specific focus on audio quality, video quality and overall quality according to the physician who is at the patient’s home and the researcher at the hospital for all patients (n = 20).

	Perfect. No Distortion or Noise Discernible.	Speech Easily Understandable. Little Noise or Distortion.	Speech Understandable with Slight Effort. Requires Occasional Repetition due to Noise or Distortion.	Speech Understandable with Considerable Effort. Requires Frequent Repetition due To Noise or Distortion.	Unusable. Speech Present but Not Understandable.
Audio quality	Physician: 15 (75%) Teleconsultant: 7 (35%)	Physician: 4 (20%) Teleconsultant: 10 (50%)	Physician: 1 (5%) Teleconsultant: 1 (5%)	Physician: 0 Teleconsultant: 2 (10%)	Physician: 0 Teleconsultant: 0
	Very good	Good	Barely acceptable	Poor	Very poor
Video quality	Physician: 12 (60%) Teleconsultant: 12 (60%)	Physician: 7 (35%) Teleconsultant: 6 (30%)	Physician: 1 (5%) Teleconsultant: 1 (5%)	Physician: 0 Teleconsultant: 1 (5%)	Physician: 0 Teleconsultant: 0
	Very good	Good	Barely acceptable	Poor	Very poor
Overall quality of the teleconsultation	Physician: 12 (60%) Teleconsultant: 8 (40%)	Physician: 7 (35%) Teleconsultant: 10 (50%)	Physician: 0 Teleconsultant: 1 (5%)	Physician: 1 (5%) Teleconsultant: 1 (5%)	Physician: 0 Teleconsultant: 0