Table 1.

Participants by region and total.

Characteristics		Region 1: Northern Regiona	Region 2: Midlands Regionb	Region 3: Central Regionc	Region 4: Southern Regionc	Total
Age (years), range		55-82	56-82	55-82	60-92	55-92
Gender, n (%)
	Men	10 (27)	2 (20)	6 (31)	12 (38)	30 (31)
	Women	27 (73)	8 (80)	12 (69)	21 (62)	68 (69)
Ethnicity, n (%)
	New Zealand European	10 (27)	6 (60)	15 (89)	30 (94)	61 (64)
	Māori	25 (68)	4 (40)	0 (0)	0 (0)	29 (30)
	Other	2 (5)	0 (0)	2 (11)	2 (6)	6 (6)
Has used telehealth, n (%)		24 (65)	7 (70)	12 (67)	15 (45)	58 (59)
Not used telehealth, n (%)		13 (35)	3 (30)	6 (33)	18 (54)	40 (41)

^aA total of 3 focus groups; 2 community focus groups and 1 focus group held on a marae.

^bA total of 10 individual phone interviews (because of the COVID-19 pandemic national lockdown).

^cA total of 2 community focus groups.