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claims related to telehealth monitoring

32. Consider the following claims regarding telehealth monitoring.  
- Telehealth monitoring can contribute to unnecessary disease focus among some users Strongly disagree Disagree Neither agree nor disagree Agree Strongly agree
- Telehealth monitoring can contribute to increased security for relatives Strongly disagree Disagree Neither agree nor disagree Agree Strongly agree
- Telehealth monitoring can help to more accurately assess users' needs for health care Strongly disagree Disagree Neither agree nor disagree Agree Strongly agree
- Telehealth monitoring can help to identify the need for health care that the user would otherwise not require Strongly disagree Disagree Neither agree nor disagree Agree Strongly agree
- Telehealth monitoring can help save resources for the GP services Strongly disagree Disagree Neither agree nor disagree Agree Strongly agree 33. What do you think are the biggest challenges for implementing telehealth monitoring as a national measure in the future?  
34. Do you have any other comments related to telehealth monitoring?
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background information

35. In which municipality do you work?  
Bodø Eid Kristiansand Larvik Oslo Ullensaker Gjerdrum Other municipality in Agder Other municipality 36. In which urban district do you work?  
Alna Bjerke Frogner Gamle Oslo Grorud Grünerløkka Nordre Aker Nordstrand Sagene St. Hanshaugen Søndre Nordstrand Ullern Vestre Aker Østensjø 37. Do you participate as a GP in the trial of primary health care teams?  
Yes No 38. What is your gender?  
Male Female 39. How old are you?  
Younger than 30 years 30-39 years 40-49 years 50-59 years 60 years or older 40. How many years have you worked as a GP?  
Less than 1 year 1-2 years 3-4 years 5-9 years 10 years or more 41. What is your highest level of completed education?  
Cand. Med.  
Authorized physician LIS1 Specialist in general medicine Specialist in other domain 42. Do you have any comments related to this survey?
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appendix d follow-up service questionnaire

The target group of the telehealth trial is patients with chronic diseases, with medium or high risk of worsening of one's condition, risk of re-hospitalization or increased need for health and care service. These patients have a high consumption of health care services and the target group consist largely of patients with non-communicable chronic diseases such as diabetes, colic, cardiovascular disease, mental disorders and cancer. This group often has several diagnoses, complex and large needs, and in need of follow-up of their diseases.  
Patients who are not competent to consent, patients who cannot use the tablet or the measuring devices, together with patients with substance use disorders, shall not be included in the trial.
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in this part of the

1. To what extent do you experience that the inclusion and exclusion criteria are well suited for telehealth monitoring? Not at all To a small extent To some extent To a large extent To a very large extent  
2. You have stated that you do not at all, or to a small extent, feel that the inclusion criteria for participation in the telehealth trial are suitable. Can you elaborate?  
3. Do you have any comments related to the inclusion and exclusion criteria for the telehealth trial?
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the general practitioner's assessment of

In the telehealth trial the Directorate of Health has decided that the general practitioner, as a medical professional responsible for the patients on his/her list, must assess whether each proposed patient is suited to participate in the trial. In this section we ask about your opinions on this.  
4. Do you think it is right that it is mandatory that the GP participates in the assessment of the patient's suitability for telehealth monitoring? Yes No 5. You answered that you do not think it is right that it is mandatory that the GP participates in the assessment of the patient's suitability for telehealth monitoring. Can you elaborate?
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your time spent

In this part we ask about we ask you how you allocate your working time to different tasks. Think of an average work week.  
6. How large is your overall job percentage related to telehealth follow-up?  
0-20 21-40 41-60 61-80 81-100  
7. Indicate (approximately) the percentage of your total working time spent on the following tasks related to telehealth monitoring? [indicate one number per line] - Recruiting new patients (including information meetings, training/instruction, ancillary working and interdisciplinary work with the patients plan for follow-up)
- Phone calls with patients
- Assessment of measurements / results
- Communication with the GP (not interdisciplinary meetings in connection to starting the patient up with telehealth monitoring), other primary health care or specialist health care
- Other
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collaboration and interaction

The goals of telehealth monitoring are improved patient experience, improved (or more stable) physical and mental health, and lower costs for the health care services. One way to achieve these goals is by improved collaboration and collaboration between different parts of the health care services.  
In this section, we ask how you feel that the collaboration with other health care services related to telehealth monitoring works.  
8. How does interaction with the following actors work related to the organization of telehealth monitoring in your municipality:  
| Very poorly                                                                                                             | Poorly   | Neither poorly   | Well   | Very well   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|------------------|--------|-------------|
| nor well                                                                                                                |          |                  |        |             |
| Home care  services  (home  nursing, BPA,  everyday  rehabilitation  etc.) The GP  service  Specialist  health  service |          |                  |        |             |  
9. You have answered that the interaction with one or more actors works poorly or very poorly.  
Can you elaborate?  
10. How does interaction with the following actors work related telehealth monitoring of each individual patient:  
| Very poorly                                                                                                             | Poorly   | Neither poorly   | Well   | Very well   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|------------------|--------|-------------|
| nor well                                                                                                                |          |                  |        |             |
| Home care  services  (home  nursing, BPA,  everyday  rehabilitation  etc.) The GP  service  Specialist  health  service |          |                  |        |             |  
11. You have answered that the interaction with one or more actors works poorly or very poorly.  
Can you elaborate?  
12. How do you feel that telehealth monitoring affects the coordination and consistency of the service provision of each individual patient?  
- I find that the degree of coordination and coherence is reduced
- I find that there is no change in the degree of coordination and context
- I find that the degree of coordination and coherence is increasing
13. Do you have any further comments related to the interaction with other actors in the health service?
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satisfaction with and benefits of

In this section, we ask about how you perceive that telehealth monitoring affects the users.  
14. To what extent do you feel your patients are interested in receiving telehealth monitoring
(disregarding that the trial is conducted as a randomized controlled trial)?  
Not at all To a small extent To some extent To a large extent Do not know 15. To what extent do you feel that the users are satisfied with telehealth monitoring?  
Not at all To a small extent To some extent To a large extent Do not know 16. To what extent do you feel that telehealth monitoring contributes positively to users ...?  
- Physical health Not at all To a small extent To some extent To a large extent Do not know
- Mental health Not at all To a small extent To some extent To a large extent Do not know
- Security Not at all To a small extent To some extent To a large extent Do not know
- Coping with own illness Not at all To a small extent To some extent To a large extent Do not know 17. To what extent do you feel that telehealth monitoring helps patients / users become more involved in the follow-up of their own illness?  
Not at all To a small extent To some extent To a large extent Do not know
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claims related to telehealth monitoring

18. Consider the following claims regarding telehealth monitoring.  
- Telehealth monitoring can contribute to unnecessary disease focus among some users Strongly disagree Disagree Neither agree nor disagree Agree Strongly agree
- Telehealth monitoring can contribute to increased security for relatives Strongly disagree Disagree Neither agree nor disagree Agree Strongly agree
- Telehealth monitoring can help to more accurately assess users' needs for health care Strongly disagree Disagree Neither agree nor disagree Agree Strongly agree
- Telehealth monitoring can help to identify the need for health care that the user would otherwise not require Strongly disagree Disagree Neither agree nor disagree Agree Strongly agree 19. What do you think are the biggest challenges for a national implementation of telehealth monitoring in the future?  
20. Do you have any other comments related to telehealth monitoring?  
Background information In this section we ask a few background questions for use in the statistical analysis 21. In which municipality do you work?  
Bodø Eid Kristiansand Larvik Oslo Ullensaker Gjerdrum Other municipality in Agder Other municipality 22. What is your gender?  
Male Female 23. How old are you?  
Younger than 30 years 30-39 years 40-49 years 50-59 years 60 years or older 24. What is your highest level of completed education?  
Licenced practical nurse Bachelor's in nursing Master's in nursing Other 25. Do you have any comments related to this survey?