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experience with mobile devices in the study sample. Throughout the recruitment process, the recruiting physical therapists were constantly kept informed about the profiles of participants the researchers were looking for. In total, 24 physical therapy patients were included in this study [36]. Characteristics of the study population can be found in tables 4.2.1 and 4.2.2.
Table 4.2.1 Characteristics of study population Characteristics
Mean age (range) years
Gender, n (% of N) Male
Female
Level of education, n (% of N) Lowa
Moderateb
Highc
Self-declared experience with using mobile technology, n (% of N)
None
Little
a Low = no or at most primary education finished
b Moderate = lower secondary education, (upper) secondary education or post-secondary non-tertiary education (including vocational education)
c High = Tertiary education (bachelor’s degree or higher)
Average/high
Study population (N=24)
56 (18-79)
9 (38) 15 (62)
6 (25) 13 (54) 5 (21)
9 (37) 11 (46) 4 (17)
Table 4.2.2 Characteristics per participant
Pseudonym Ida
Bill
Mia
Dora Ilene Bob Jerome Helga Michelle Roger Peter
Experience mobile technology
None None None None None None None None None Little Little
Age Level of education
66 lowa
72 moderateb
73 moderateb
77 lowa
79 lowa
68 moderateb 47 lowa
54 highc
56 lowa
70 moderateb 18 moderateb
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