Users’ acceptance of electronic patient portals in Lebanon

Table 1 Patients’ demographics, comorbidity and use of technology in daily life

Characteristic	N (199)	%	M	SD	Range
Age			65.1	13.8	25–92
Sex
Male	124	62.31
Female	75	37.69
Education
Less than High School	64	32.16
High School	73	36.68
College degree	33	16.58
University degree	29	14.58
Native Language
Arabic	194	97.49
English	5	2.51
Comorbidities
1	78	39.2
2	61	30.65
More than 2	60	30.15
Use of electronic technology in daily life*
Mobile web-based portals	56	28.14
SMS	125	62.81
App-based portals	83	41.71
Social media	73	36.68
Other e-services (i.e. online banking)	9	4.52
None of the above	71	35.68

Note. *: frequencies and percentages do not add to 199 and 100 respectively as patients chose more than one option

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