Table 2.
Clinician’s demographic characteristics and the use of telehealth
| Is telehealth (as defined above) used by your place of work to remotely monitor ILD patients? | P value | |||
| Yes | No | |||
| What is your age group? | 18–24 | 7 | 2 | 0.244 |
| 77.8% | 22.2% | |||
| 25–34 | 19 | 23 | ||
| 45.2% | 54.8% | |||
| 35–44 | 23 | 44 | ||
| 34.3% | 65.7% | |||
| 45–54 | 18 | 30 | ||
| 37.5% | 62.5% | |||
| 55–64 | 12 | 21 | ||
| 36.4% | 63.6% | |||
| 65+ | 1 | 4 | ||
| 20.0% | 80.0% | |||
| Prefer not to say | 1 | 2 | ||
| 33.3% | 66.7% | |||
| Total | 81 | 126 | ||
| 39.1% | 60.9% | |||
| What is your professional status? | Consultant physician | 24 | 41 | 0.263 |
| 36.9% | 63.1% | |||
| Trainee physician | 2 | 9 | ||
| 18.2% | 81.8% | |||
| Nurse | 12 | 15 | ||
| 44.4% | 55.6% | |||
| Physician associate | 0 | 3 | ||
| 0.0% | 100.0% | |||
| Speech and language therapist | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0.0% | 100.0% | |||
| Occupational therapist | 1 | 0 | ||
| 100.0% | 0.0% | |||
| Physiotherapist | 12 | 14 | ||
| 46.2% | 53.8% | |||
| Healthcare assistant | 1 | 4 | ||
| 20.0% | 80.0% | |||
| Primary care physician | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0.0% | 100.0% | |||
| Dietician | 1 | 0 | ||
| 100.0% | 0.0% | |||
| Clinical research | 8 | 4 | ||
| 66.7% | 33.3% | |||
| Respiratory therapist | 20 | 33 | ||
| 37.7% | 62.3% | |||
| Pharmacist | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0.0% | 100.0% | |||
| Total | 81 | 126 | ||
| 39.1% | 60.9% | |||
| In what country do you work? | Europe | 41 | 53 | 0.332 |
| 43.6% | 56.4% | |||
| North America | 16 | 34 | ||
| 32.0% | 68.0% | |||
| South America | 0 | 3 | ||
| 0.0% | 100.0% | |||
| Australasia | 0 | 2 | ||
| 0.0% | 100.0% | |||
| Asia | 22 | 29 | ||
| 43.1% | 56.9% | |||
| Africa | 2 | 5 | ||
| 28.6% | 71.4% | |||
| Total | 81 | 126 | ||
| 39.1% | 60.9% | |||
ILD, interstitial lung disease.