Table 2 Patients’ and physicians’ IT knowledge and experience data

 % Smartphone experience (n)

93 (28/30)

100 (9/9)

  Use since years (mean (SD))

7.9 (5.8)

8.2 (4.2)

 % Tablet experience (n)

70 (21/30)

67 (6/9)

  Use since years (mean (SD))

6.0 (3.4)

8.5(4.0)

 % Computer use (n)

73 (22/30)

100 (9/9)

 % Notebook use (n)

60 (18/30)

100 (9/9)

 % Internet use (n)

90 (27/30)

100 (9/9)

  Use since years (mean (SD))

12.6 (5.5)

18.1 (6.9)

  Use/day in hours (median)

1.9 (2.3)

4.4 (4.4)

 % Internet use on smartphone (n)

83 (25/30)

89 (8/9)

 % Internet use on tablet (n)

57 (17/30)

56 (5/9)

 % Internet use on personal computer respectively notebook (n)

47 (14/30)

89 (8/9)

 Confidence in the Internet (mean (SD)), Likert 1 (very high) to 6 (very low)

3.3 (1.4)

2.6 (0.9)

 Reliability of information retrieved from the Internet (mean (SD)), Likert 1 (very high) to 6 (very low)

3.2 (1.1)

3.1 (0.6)

 % Use of WiFis at home (n)

93 (28/30)

100 (9/9)

 % Use of public WiFis (n)

20 (6/30)

67 (6/9)

 % Social media use (n)

30 (9/30)

11 (1/9)

 % Pre-existing experience with clouds (n)

67 (20/30)

44 (4/9)

 Security of data in clouds (mean (SD)), Likert 1 (very high) to 6 (very low)

3.7 (1.2)

3.9 (0.9)