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Table 3 Perception of a remote electrocardiography monitoring system by type of participant

From: Accepting telemedicine in a circulatory medicine ward in major hospitals in South Korea: patients’ and health professionals’ perception of real-time electrocardiogram monitoring

Factor

Category

Status (n)

Subtotal (n)

  

Patient and guardian

Nurse

Doctor

Others

Perceived need

Very much

27

3

1

3

34

Much

119

5

3

10

137

 

Average

63

4

6

73

 

Little

12

6

18

 

None

3

3

Most important featurea

Home monitoring

106

6

9

5

126

Monitoring while out

51

5

1

57

Monitoring all the time

57

1

1

7

66

 

Other

8

6

14

Usage intentions

Yes

168

10

5

11

194

No

56

8

5

2

71

Desired service provider

Government

62

2

4

68

Hospitals

147

13

10

8

178

No matter

15

3

1

19

Desired main agenta

Public institution

181

12

10

203

Private institution

43

6

10

2

61

Development barriersa

Low IT

42

8

6

56

 

Lack of advertisement

62

3

1

66

 

Lack of knowledge

58

3

3

1

65

 

Fear of low personal information security

53

4

5

4

66

 

Other

8

1

2

11

  1. aThis category involves missing values. IT information technology