Table 1

Characteristics of participants

NoGenderAgeRoleUser/developer
Healthcare professionals (n=8)
 1Female40–50CardiologistUser
 2Male40–50CardiologistUser
 3Female40–50CardiologistUser
 4Female50–60Cardiac nurseUser
 5Male50–60Cardiac nurseUser
 6Male50–60Professor in medicineUser
 7Male40–50Professor in medicineUser/developer
 8Male50–60Professor in medicineUser/developer
Cardiac patients (n=6)
 9Female30–40PatientUser
 10Male50–60Patient and patient representativeUser
 11Female60–70Patient and patient representativeUser
 12Female60–70PatientUser
 13Male70–80PatientUser
 14Male60–70PatientUser
Managers (n=5)
 15Male30–40Hospital managerUser
 16Male40–50Outpatient clinic managerUser/developer
 17Female40–50Hospital board memberUser
 18Female40–50Director outpatient clinicDeveloper
 19Female50–60Director national IT healthcare instituteDeveloper
ICT developers (n=5)
 20Male30–40ICT developer/directorDeveloper
 21Male20–30ICT developer/researcherDeveloper
 22Male40–50ICT developerDeveloper
 23Male60–70ICT developer/directorDeveloper
 24Male50–60ICT developer/researcherDeveloper
  • ICT, information and communications technology; IT, information technology.