Table 1 Characteristics of those viewing DXA results via web portal vs. those not viewing DXA results via web portal among patients reported knowing their DXA results (N = 3399)
From: Characteristics of older adults using patient web portals to view their DXA results
Characteristic | Viewed DXA results via web portal, N (%) = 649 (19.1%) | Did not view DXA results via web portal N (%) =2750 (80.9%) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Demographics | |||
Site | |||
UI | 385 (29.26%) | 931 (70.74%) | < 0.001 |
KPGA | 264 (12.67%) | 1819 (87.33%) | |
Age | |||
Mean (SD) | 64.4 (7.4) | 66.5 (8.1) | < 0.001 |
< 65 | 313 (22.66%) | 1068 (77.34%) | < 0.001 |
65–74 | 270 (18.38%) | 1199 (81.62%) | |
> 75 | 66 (12.02%) | 483 (87.98%) | |
Gender of patient | |||
Male | 113 (17.15%) | 546 (82.85%) | 0.157 |
Female | 536 (19.56%) | 2204 (80.44%) | |
Race | |||
White | 570 (21.19%) | 2120 (78.81%) | < 0.001 |
Non-white | 79 (11.14%) | 630 (88.86%) | |
Education | |||
High school or less | 88 (10.92%) | 718 (89.08%) | < 0.001 |
Some college | 197 (18.02%) | 896 (81.98%) | |
Completed college | 157 (21.3%) | 580 (78.7%) | |
Graduate school | 204 (27.79%) | 530 (72.21%) | |
Patient health personal characteristics | |||
Health Literacy | |||
Low | 54 (12.08%) | 393 (87.92%) | < 0.001 |
High | 592 (20.27%) | 2328 (79.73%) | |
Subjective Numeracy | |||
Low | 160 (13.86%) | 994 (86.14%) | < 0.001 |
Medium | 213 (18.85%) | 917 (81.15%) | |
High | 273 (25.11%) | 814 (74.89%) | |
Patient Activation Score | |||
Level 1 (0–42.5) | 50 (15.2%) | 279 (84.8%) | 0.003 |
Level 2 (47.4–52.9) | 100 (16.05%) | 523 (83.95%) | |
Level 3 (56.4–66.0) | 302 (19.28%) | 1264 (80.72%) | |
Level 4 (68.5–100) | 194 (22.61%) | 664 (77.39%) | |
Krantz Information Scale | |||
Low | 164 (14.84%) | 941 (85.16%) | < 0.001 |
Medium | 236 (20.36%) | 923 (79.64%) | |
High | 246 (22.18%) | 863 (77.82%) | |
Krantz Behavioral Scale | |||
Low | 187 (15.7%) | 1004 (84.3%) | < 0.001 |
Medium | 193 (18.16%) | 870 (81.84%) | |
High | 261 (23.66%) | 842 (76.34%) | |
Participant health characteristics | |||
History of Osteoporosis | |||
Normal | 320 (16.04%) | 1675 (83.96%) | < 0.001 |
Osteopenia | 206 (26.68%) | 566 (73.32%) | |
Osteoporosis | 123 (19.46%) | 509 (80.54%) | |
Self-rated Health | |||
Poor | 17 (17.17%) | 82 (82.83%) | 0.007 |
Fair | 68 (15.96%) | 358 (84.04%) | |
Good | 215 (17.68%) | 1001 (82.32%) | |
Very good | 245 (19.84%) | 990 (80.16%) | |
Excellent | 104 (24.94%) | 313 (75.06%) | |
Number of Chronic Conditions | |||
None | 305 (19.28%) | 1277 (80.72%) | 0.485 |
1–2 | 313 (19.31%) | 1308 (80.69%) | |
> 2 | 31 (15.82%) | 165 (84.18%) | |
Provider characteristics | |||
Intervention | |||
Intervention | 316 (17.86%) | 1453 (82.14%) | 0.057 |
Usual care | 333 (20.43%) | 1297 (79.57%) | |
Patient Provider’s Gender | |||
Male | 208 (16.72%) | 1036 (83.28%) | 0.007 |
Female | 441 (20.46%) | 1714 (79.54%) | |
Gender of patient and provider | |||
Female providers and female patients | 398 (21.37%) | 1464 (78.63%) | 0.001 |
Female providers and male patients | 43 (14.68%) | 250 (85.32%) | |
Male providers and male patients | 70 (19.13%) | 296 (80.87%) | |
Male providers and female patients | 138 (15.72%) | 740 (84.28%) | |