Attitudes towards eCommunicationin treatment of chronically ill patients

Interventions: Group 1: The EC@T-project consists of three substudies: two qualitative and one quantitative study. In all three studies there will be two sample groups, providers and chronically ill patients (see fulfilling one of the diagnoses). First, within the qualitative study we will interview the attitudes of patients and providers and we are planning to generate items for the EC@T questionnaire. Then all participants will fill out the questionnaire. Primary outcome of the project is to develop the EC@T questionnaire based on interview data and analysis of literature. aim: measurement of attitudes towards eCommunication of providers and chronically ill patients. Study Design: Allocation: ; Masking: ; Control: ; Assignment: ; Study design purpose: other