Participant characteristics
| |
Number of participants phase 2 (N = 18)
|
Number of “old” participants phase 3 (N = 3)
|
Number of “new” participants phase 3 (N = 6)
|
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| |
n
|
%
|
n
|
%
|
n
|
%
|
---|
Age
|
< 50
|
1
|
5.6
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
16.7
|
50-64
|
6
|
33.3
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
16.7
|
65-80
|
11
|
61.1
|
3
|
100.0
|
4
|
66.7
|
Sex
|
Male
|
10
|
55.6
|
2
|
66.7
|
4
|
66.7
|
Female
|
8
|
44.4
|
1
|
33.3
|
2
|
33.3
|
Education1
|
Low
|
4
|
22.2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
33.3
|
Medium
|
8
|
44.4
|
1
|
50.0
|
3
|
50.0
|
High
|
6
|
33.3
|
1
|
50.0
|
1
|
16.7
|
Marital status
|
Married
|
14
|
77.8
|
3
|
100.0
|
4
|
66.7
|
Living together
|
2
|
11.1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
33.3
|
Widow
|
2
|
11.1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Health literacy2
|
Low
|
6
|
33.3
|
3
|
100.0
|
4
|
66.7
|
High
|
12
|
66.7
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
33.3
|
Internet use
|
(Almost) every day
|
9
|
50.0
|
1
|
33.3
|
6
|
100.0
|
Once a week
|
6
|
33.3
|
1
|
33.3
|
0
|
0
|
Once a month
|
2
|
11.1
|
1
|
33.3
|
0
|
0
|
Never
|
1
|
5.6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Searching for health information on the Internet
|
(Almost) every day
|
3
|
16.7
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
16.7
|
Once a week
|
2
|
11.1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
33.3
|
Once a month
|
5
|
27.8
|
2
|
66.7
|
1
|
16.7
|
Never
|
8
|
44.4
|
1
|
33.3
|
2
|
33.3
|
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1Low: primary school, lower level of secondary school or lower vocational training. Medium: higher level of secondary school, or intermediate vocational training. High: higher vocational training or university.
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2Question “Confident with forms” [29],[30]: Low health literacy: patients answered: some of the time, a little of the time or none of the time. High health literacy: patients answered: all of the time, most of the time.