Table 3 Participant characteristics and demographics
Participants included in quantitative process evaluation n = 86 | Not included n = 24 | P-value | Participants providing written comments n = 44 | Interviewees n = 12 | |
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Age | |||||
Mean, years (SD) | 71.3 (9.2) | 70.2 (11.7) | .63 | 71.8 (10.0) | 71.4 |
Median, years (min, max) | 72.5 (33–93) | 71.0 (42–90) | 72.5 (33–93) | 73 (57–81) | |
Sex | |||||
Women (%) | 40 (46.5%) | 11 (45.8%) | 1.00 | 24 (54.5%) | 5 (41.7%) |
Civil status | |||||
Living alone (%) | 36 (41.9%) | 6 (25%) | 0.22 | 18 (40.9%) | 2 (16.7%) |
Diagnosis | |||||
CHF (%) | 34 (39.5%) | 8 (33.3%) | 0.21 | 12 (27.3%) | 1 (8.3%) |
COPD (%) | 45 (52.3%) | 11 (45.8%) | 28 (63.6%) | 9 (75.0%) | |
CHF and COPD (%) | 7 (8.1%) | 5 (20.8%) | 4 (9.1%) | 2 (16.7%) | |
Education level | |||||
Compulsory (%) | 28 (32.6%) | 10 (41.7%) | 0.24 | 14 (3.,8%) | 4 (33.3%) |
Secondary school (%) | 17 (19.8%) | 8 (33.3%) | 9 (20.5%) | 4 (33.3%) | |
Vocational college (%) | 22 (25.6%) | 3 (12.5%) | 10 (22.7%) | 1 (8.3%) | |
University (%) | 19 (22.1%) | 3 (12.5%) | 11 (25.0%) | 3 (25.0%) | |
Self-rated technical competence | |||||
Good or better (%) | 51 (60,0%) | 6a (40%) | 0.22 | 27 (61.4%) | 9 (75,0%) |
Use of intervention functions | |||||
Number of phone calls (median, min–max) | 3, (0–6) | 3, (0–4) | 1.00 | 4, (1–6) | 3, (2–5) |
Used digital platform functions (%) | 60 (69.8%) | 16 (66.7%) | 0.81 | 32 (72.7%) | 11 (91.7%) |