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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics

From: Presentation of laboratory test results in patient portals: influence of interface design on risk interpretation and visual search behaviour

Parameters

Values

Number of patients

20

 Gender

Female, n (%)

4 (20)

Male, n (%)

16 (80)

 Age in years, mean (SD)

51.8 (10.3)

 Years since kidney transplant, mean (SD)

10.7 (8.7)

 Subjective Numeracy Scalea, mean (SD)

4 (0.8)

 Health literacyb, mean (SD)

0.5 (0.6)

 Graph literacyc score, mean (SD)

73.5 (11.3)

 Education

Lower than GCSE, n (%)

1 (5)

GCSE, n (%)

7 (35)

A-level/College, n (%)

5 (25)

Higher education/University degree, n (%)

7 (35)

 Internet use

Less than one hour per week, n (%)

1 (5)

One to five hours per week, n (%)

5 (25)

Five to 10 h per week, n (%)

5 (25)

More than 10 h per week, n (%)

9 (45)

 PatientView use

Never used, n (%)

3 (15)

No more than once per year, n (%)

5 (25)

Twice per year, n (%)

1 (5)

Quarterly, n (%)

11 (55)

  1. Abbreviations: SD Standard deviation, SNC Subjective Numeracy Scale, GCSE General Certificate of Secondary Education
  2. aOn a 1–6 scale [43]
  3. bOn a 0–4 scale, with values close to 0 indicating better self-reported health literacy [44]
  4. cPercentage [45]