A cross-sectional survey assessing the acceptability and feasibility of self-report electronic data collection about health risks from patients attending an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service

Table 2 Proportion of participants seeking/accepting assistance with the questionnaire by Aboriginal status and age group

	No assistance n (%)	Some assistance n (%)	Interview style n (%)	p-value
Indigenous status ^a				0.5
Aboriginal^b (n = 135)	98 (73%)	27 (20%)	10 (7%)
Non-Aboriginal (n = 53)	43 (81%)	8 (15%)	2 (4%)
Age group				<.01
<35 yrs (n = 73)	64 (88%)	9 (12%)	0
35-54 yrs (n = 82)	63 (77%)	14 (17%)	5 (6%)
≥55 yrs (n = 51)	27 (53%)	16 (31%)	8 (16%)

^aIndigenous status was only available for participants who completed the questionnaire (n = 188).
^bThe sample included 1 participant who identified as Torres Strait Islander and 3 participants who identified as both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. For simplicity, the term ‘Aboriginal’ is used to refer to all participants who identified as being of either Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin.

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