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Table 1 Baseline demographic and illness characteristics for patients participating in interviews (n = 15)

From: Video as an alternative to in-person consultations in outpatient renal transplant recipient follow-up: a qualitative study

Characteristics Value
Age (years), median (range) 53 (37–64)
Gender, n (%)
 Female 8 (53)
 Male 7 (47)
Marital status, n (%)
 Married/cohabitating 12 (80)
 Single/divorced 3 (20)
Education, n (%)
 Elementary/high school 8 (53)
 University/college < 4 years 4 (27)
 University/college > 4 years 3 (20)
Employment, n (%)
 Full-time/part-time work 10 (67)
 Sick leave/disability benefits 5 (33)
Years since kidney related diagnosisa, median (range) 29 (5–45)
Renal transplantation, n (%) 14 (93)
Years since renal transplantation, median (range) (n = 13 b) 15 (4–26)
Second renal transplantation, n (%) 2 (13)
Years since second renal transplantation, median (range) (n = 2) 18.5 (14–23)
Owns a PC, n (%) 9 (33)
Owns a tablet, n (%) 6 (40)
Owns a smart phone, n (%) 12 (80)
User experience: (Scale 0 = low to 5 = high), median (range)
 PC 4.5 (1–5)
 Tablet 4.0 (1–5)
 Smartphone 5.0 (3–5)
  1. aDiagnosis includes: polycystic kidney disease, hypertension/nephrosclerosis, chronic glomerulonephritis, chronic nephritis. bMissing data from one participant as well as one participant not yet having received transplantation