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, Netherlands

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

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

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

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

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

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

8 Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands

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

10 Farmacologica, Nictiz, Groningen, Netherlands

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

12 Observational and Pragmatic Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore

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

Corresponding Author:

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