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Table 2 Characteristics of participants in the qualitative studies

From: Implementing telemonitoring in primary care: learning from a large qualitative dataset gathered during a series of studies

 

Patients

Professionals (number)

Study

Mean age of patients

Proportion of male patients

Doctors (all general practitioners (GPs) except where stated)

Nurses

Therapists

Managers and Administrators

COPD pilot [8]

68

59%

4

6

3

12

BP trial [9]

61

60%

9

11

  

BP after stroke pilot trial [10]

66

75%

 

4

  

COPD Trial [11]

68

47%

3 GPs, 1 respiratory specialist

9

6

12

Heart Failure [12]

75

61%

1

4

  

Diabetes trial [13]

60

65%

4

6

  

COPD “light touch” [14]

67

50%

 

3

5

6