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Table 2 Comparison between user groups

From: Use and preferences regarding internet-based health care delivery in patients with chronic kidney disease

 

Internet users n = 308 (81.1%)

Internet non-users, n = 72 (18.9%)

Statistics

Sex

   

Female

125 (40.6%)

31 (43.1%)

Χ2 = 0.147 (df = 1),

Male

183 (59.4%)

41 (56.9%)

p = 0.7

Age, mean (SD)

54.5 (14.5)

74.4 (11.4)

T = -11.016 (df = 378), p < 0.001

Educational level

   

< 12 years

163 (52.9%)

67 (93.1%)

Χ2 = 39.342 (df = 1),

≥ 12 years

145 (47.1%)

5 (6.9%)

p < 0.001

Treatment

   

Dialysis patients, 1–5 years

62 (20.1%)

47 (65.3%)

Χ2 = 91.758 (df = 4), p < 0.001

Dialysis > 5 years

26 (8.4%)

14 (19.4%)

 

Dialysis > 10 years

23 (7.5%)

9 (12.5%)

 

Transplant patients

165 (53.6%)

1 (1.4%)

 

CKD patients (no renal replacement therapy)

32 (10.4%)

1 (1.4%)

 
  1. CKD chronic kidney disease