Published on in Vol 7 (2023)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/44028, first published .
Overcoming the Digital Divide for Older Patients With Respiratory Disease: Focus Group Study

Overcoming the Digital Divide for Older Patients With Respiratory Disease: Focus Group Study

Overcoming the Digital Divide for Older Patients With Respiratory Disease: Focus Group Study

Esther Metting   1, 2, 3 , PhD ;   Sanne van Luenen   4 , PhD ;   Anna-Jetske Baron   5, 6 , MSc ;   Anthony Tran   4 , MSc ;   Stijn van Duinhoven   7 , MSc ;   Niels H Chavannes   8 , Prof Dr Med ;   Maud Hevink   9 , MSc ;   Jos Lüers   10 , MSc ;   Janwillem Kocks   5, 11, 12, 13 , Prof Dr Med

1 Data Science Center in Health, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

2 Department of Primary and Elderly Care, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

3 Department of Operations, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

4 Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

5 Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

6 Department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

7 Department of Medicine, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

8 Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

9 Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Alzheimer Centre Limburg, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

10 Farmacologica, Nictiz, Groningen, The Netherlands

11 General Practitioners Research Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

12 Observational and Pragmatic Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore

13 Department of Pulmonology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Corresponding Author:

  • Esther Metting, PhD
  • Data Science Center in Health
  • University Medical Center Groningen
  • University of Groningen
  • Hanzeplein 1
  • Groningen, 9713GZ
  • The Netherlands
  • Phone: 31 123456789
  • Email: e.i.metting@rug.nl