Is telemonitoring an option against shortage of physicians in rural regions? attitude towards telemedical devices in the North Rhine-Westphalian health survey, Germany

Table 4 Statements opposing the use of telemedical devices

answer categories	no supervision				additional costs				no immediate feedback				data protection
	men		women		men		women		men		women		men		women
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
completely true	80	51.3	98	46.4	22	14.1	28	13.3	105	67.3	131	62.1	37	23.7	41	19.4
true	23	14.7	40	19.0	20	12.8	36	17.1	23	14.7	32	15.2	15	9.6	29	13.7
half/half	5	3.2	16	7.6	9	5.8	13	6.2	7	4.5	7	3.3	11	7.1	13	6.2
less true	22	14.1	24	11.4	47	30.1	64	30.3	8	5.1	19	9.0	41	26.3	59	28.0
not true	18	11.5	20	9.5	51	32.7	63	29.9	8	5.1	13	6.2	45	28.8	62	29.4
don't know	4	2.6	11	5.2	4	2.6	7	3.3	2	1.3	8	3.8	4	2.6	6	2.8
not specified	4	2.6	2	0.9	3	1.9	0	0.0	3	1.9	1	0.5	3	1.9	1	0.5
total*	156	100.0	211	100.0	156	100.0	211	100.0	156	100.0	211	100.0	156	100.0	211	100.0

* 363 persons who have not used telemedical devices until the interview was conducted and disapproved the use plus 4 persons who already used those devices and dislike a repeated use (n = 367)

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