Table 2 Characteristics of web portal users who first learned their DXA results through different sources (N = 649)
From: Characteristics of older adults using patient web portals to view their DXA results
Characteristic | Web portal only, N (%) = 192 (29.6%) | Web portal first, N (%) = 230 (35.4%) | Web portal, but not first method reported, N (%) = 227 (35.0%) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Demographics | ||||
Site | ||||
UI | 117 (30.39%) | 132 (34.29%) | 136 (35.32%) | 0.742 |
KPGA | 75 (28.41%) | 98 (37.12%) | 91 (34.47%) | |
Age | ||||
Mean (SD) | 64.9 (8.2) | 64.1 (7.1) | 64.3 (7.2) | 0.503 |
< 65 | 91 (29.07%) | 113 (36.1%) | 109 (34.82%) | 0.290 |
65–74 | 74 (27.41%) | 99 (36.67%) | 97 (35.93%) | |
> 75 | 27 (40.91%) | 18 (27.27%) | 21 (31.82%) | |
Gender of Patient | ||||
Male | 35 (30.97%) | 37 (32.74%) | 41 (36.28%) | 0.804 |
Female | 157 (29.29%) | 193 (36.01%) | 186 (34.7%) | |
Race | ||||
White | 171 (30%) | 202 (35.44%) | 197 (34.56%) | 0.777 |
Non-white | 21 (26.58%) | 28 (35.44%) | 30 (37.97%) | |
Education | ||||
High school or less | 28 (31.82%) | 30 (34.09%) | 30 (34.09%) | 0.907 |
Some college | 53 (26.9%) | 70 (35.53%) | 74 (37.56%) | |
Completed college | 47 (29.94%) | 60 (38.22%) | 50 (31.85%) | |
Graduate school | 63 (30.88%) | 69 (33.82%) | 72 (35.29%) | |
Patient health personal characteristics | ||||
Health Literacy | ||||
Low | 13 (24.07%) | 19 (35.19%) | 22 (40.74%) | 0.560 |
High | 178 (30.07%) | 210 (35.47%) | 204 (34.46%) | |
Subjective Numeracy | ||||
Low | 51 (31.88%) | 60 (37.5%) | 49 (30.63%) | 0.707 |
Medium | 61 (28.64%) | 77 (36.15%) | 75 (35.21%) | |
High | 79 (28.94%) | 92 (33.7%) | 102 (37.36%) | |
Patient Activation Score | ||||
Level 1 (0–42.5) | 24 (48%) | 16 (32%) | 10 (20%) | 0.031 |
Level 2 (47.4–52.9) | 24 (24%) | 36 (36%) | 40 (40%) | |
Level 3 (56.4–66.0) | 92 (30.46%) | 99 (32.78%) | 111 (36.75%) | |
Level 4 (68.5–100) | 51 (26.29%) | 78 (40.21%) | 65 (33.51%) | |
Krantz Information Scale | ||||
Low | 48 (29.27%) | 50 (30.49%) | 66 (40.24%) | 0.385 |
Medium | 67 (28.39%) | 87 (36.86%) | 82 (34.75%) | |
High | 77 (31.3%) | 92 (37.4%) | 77 (31.3%) | |
Krantz Behavioral Scale | ||||
Low | 51 (27.27%) | 63 (33.69%) | 73 (39.04%) | 0.652 |
Medium | 61 (31.61%) | 69 (35.75%) | 63 (32.64%) | |
High | 78 (29.89%) | 97 (37.16%) | 86 (32.95%) | |
Participant health characteristics | ||||
History of Osteoporosis | ||||
Normal | 94 (29.38%) | 107 (33.44%) | 119 (37.19%) | 0.713 |
Osteopenia | 63 (30.58%) | 74 (35.92%) | 69 (33.5%) | |
Osteoporosis | 35 (28.46%) | 49 (39.84%) | 39 (31.71%) | |
Self-rated Health | ||||
Poor | 5 (29.41%) | 5 (29.41%) | 7 (41.18%) | 0.488 |
Fair | 26 (38.24%) | 20 (29.41%) | 22 (32.35%) | |
Good | 64 (29.77%) | 84 (39.07%) | 67 (31.16%) | |
Very good | 73 (29.8%) | 84 (34.29%) | 88 (35.92%) | |
Excellent | 24 (23.08%) | 37 (35.58%) | 43 (41.35%) | |
Number of Chronic Conditions | ||||
None | 86 (28.2%) | 112 (36.72%) | 107 (35.08%) | 0.573 |
1–2 | 93 (29.71%) | 108 (34.5%) | 112 (35.78%) | |
> 2 | 13 (41.94%) | 10 (32.26%) | 8 (25.81%) | |
Provider characteristics | ||||
Intervention Assignment | ||||
Intervention | 88 (27.85%) | 121 (38.29%) | 107 (33.86%) | 0.323 |
Usual care | 104 (31.23%) | 109 (32.73%) | 120 (36.04%) | |
Patient Provider’s Gender | ||||
Male | 68 (32.69%) | 68 (32.69%) | 72 (34.62%) | 0.435 |
Female | 124 (28.12%) | 162 (36.73%) | 155 (35.15%) | |
Gender of patient and provider | ||||
Female providers and female patients | 114 (28.64%) | 145 (36.43%) | 139 (34.92%) | 0.799 |
Female providers and male patients | 10 (23.26%) | 17 (39.53%) | 16 (37.21%) | |
Male providers and male patients | 25 (35.71%) | 20 (28.57%) | 25 (35.71%) | |
Male providers and female patients | 43 (31.16%) | 48 (34.78%) | 47 (34.06%) | |