Baseline values and characteristics regarding the (personal) use of video calling of the study sample
| Patient demographics | TC group (n=28) | VC group (n=22) | P value |
| Age in years, mean (SD) (range) | 62 (9.3) (46–85) | 60 (11.5) (40–78) | 0.506* |
| Gender, n (%) | |||
| Male | 13 (46.4) | 14 (63.6) | 0.226† |
| Female | 15 (43.6) | 8 (36.4) | |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | |||
| Caucasian | 28 (100.0) | 19 (86.3) | 0.131† |
| African | 0 (0.0) | 2 (9.1) | |
| Asian | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.6) | |
| Clinical diagnosis, n (%) | |||
| Malignity | 20 (71.4) | 16 (72.7) | 0.343† |
| Inflammatory disease | 8 (28.6) | 6 (27.3) | |
| Type of device, n (%) | |||
| iPhone | 7 (25.0) | 6 (27.3) | 0.343† |
| iPad | 8 (28.6) | 2 (9.1) | |
| Android phone | 8 (28.6) | 11 (50.0) | |
| Android tablet | 3 (10.7) | 1 (4.5) | |
| Apple computer | 2 (7.1) | 2 (9.1) | |
| Personal computer/desktop | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Technical experience, n (%) | |||
| None | 6 (21.4) | 2 (9.1) | 0.396† |
| A little | 12 (42.8) | 8 (36.4) | |
| Enough | 6 (21.4) | 9 (40.9) | |
| A lot | 3 (10.7) | 1 (4.5) | |
| Experienced | 1 (3.6) | 2 (9.1) | |
| Previous VC in healthcare, n (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.000† |
| Personal use VC, n (%) | |||
| <Once a year | 0 (0) | 6 (27.3) | 0.001†‡ |
| Once a year | 23 (82.1) | 1 (4.5) | |
| Once each half year | 2 (7.1) | 3 (13.6) | |
| Once a month | 0 (0) | 6 (27.3) | |
| >Once a month | 3 (10.7) | 6 (27.3) | |
*Mann-Whitney U test.
†χ2 test.
‡p≦ 0.05
TC, telephone consultation; VC, video consultation.