Table 1 Characteristics of the study population, stratified by type of experience with telemedicine compared to in-person consultations (N = 1103). Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise

Sex

0.217

 Men

456

48 (10.5)

164 (36.0)

244 (53.5)

 Women

647

79 (12.2)

256 (39.6)

312 (48.2)

Age (years)

0.545

 Mean, SD

70.8 (10.5)

71.5 (11.6)

70.4 (10.3)

70.9 (10.3)

Age (categories)

0.309

 < 65 years

302

32 (10.6)

124 (41.1)

146 (48.3)

 65–79 years

551

58 (10.5)

205 (37.2)

288 (52.3)

 ≥ 80 years

250

37 (14.8)

91 (36.4)

122 (48.8)

Type of questionnaire

< 0.001

 Paper

638

84 (13.2)

218 (34.2)

336 (52.7)

 Digital

465

43 (9.2)

202 (43.4)

220 (47.3)

Educational level

0.360

 Primary education

54

5 (9.3)

25 (46.3)

24 (44.4)

 Low/intermediate general or lower vocational

352

48 (13.6)

129 (36.6)

175 (49.7)

 Intermediate vocational or higher general

357

42 (11.8)

144 (40.3)

171 (47.9)

 Higher vocational or university

328

32 (9.8)

117 (35.7)

179 (54.6)

 Missing

12

0

5

7

History of any chronic disease

0.987

 No

153

18 (11.8)

59 (38.6)

76 (49.7)

 Yes

909

106 (11.7)

345 (38.0)

458 (50.4)

 Missing

41

3

16

22

Physician who provides regular check-ups for chronic disease

0.401

 General practitioner

205

23 (11.2)

79 (38.5)

103 (50.2)

 Medical specialist

339

29 (8.6)

129 (38.1)

181 (53.4)

 General practitioner and medical specialist

219

26 (11.9)

80 (36.5)

113 (51.6)

 Other

27

6 (22.2)

10 (37.0)

11 (40.7)

 Missing

15

1

4

14

Multimorbidity

0.386

 Two chronic diseases

306

44 (14.4)

102 (33.3)

160 (52.3)

 Three or more chronic diseases

297

30 (10.1)

116 (39.1)

151 (50.8)

 Missing

38

3

14

21

Current occupational status

0.478

 Working

197

23 (11.7)

83 (42.1)

91 (46.2)

 On sick leave

22

2 (9.1)

9 (40.9)

11 (50.0)

 Unemployed

33

7 (21.2)

10 (30.3)

16 (48.5)

 Retired

717

85 (11.9)

267 (37.2)

365 (50.9)

 Other

77

5 (6.5)

28 (36.4)

44 (57.1)

 Missing

57

5

23

29

Concerns about contracting COVID-19

0.091

 Never

74

5 (6.8)

33 (44.6)

36 (48.6)

 Rarely

299

35 (11.7)

127 (42.5)

137 (45.8)

 Sometimes

582

63 (10.8)

216 (37.1)

303 (52.1)

 Often

115

20 (17.4)

31 (27.0)

64 (55.7)

 Almost continuously

25

3 (12.0)

9 (36.0)

13 (52.0)

 Missing

8

1

4

3

Self-appreciated quality of life (1 = abominable, 10 = excellent)

< 0.001

 Mean, SD

7.1 (1.4)

7.3 (1.2)

7.3 (1.3)

6.9 (1.6)

 Missing

14

2

3

9