Perspectives on and Experiences With Remote Monitoring and Patient-Initiated Care Among Norwegian Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis: Qualitative Study

Christine Hillestad Hestevik   ^{1, 2, 3} , PhD ;   Cecilie Varsi   ⁴ , PhD ;   Nina Østerås   ^{1, 2, 5} , PhD ;   Anne Therese Tveter   ^{1, 2, 6} , PhD ;   Jon Skandsen   ⁷ , MSc ;   Hedda Eik   ^{5, 6} , PhD

¹ Health Services Research and Innovation Unit, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway

² Centre for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway

³ Division of Health Services, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway

⁴ Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway, Drammen, Norway

⁵ Department of Public Health and Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

⁶ Department of Rehabilitation Science and Health Technology, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway

⁷ Patient Council, Centre for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway