Table 4 Associations between frequency of app use and demographic variables

Age

44.4 (16)

40.7 (15.8)

40.7 (15.4)

41.7 (15.5)

37.7 (16.8)

Crowding index

1.6 (0.6)

1.4 (0.6)

1.5 (0.6)

1.2 (0.5)

1.4 (0.6)

Total uMARS score

3.8 (0.6)

3.9 (0.6)

3.9 (0.5)

3.8 (0.5)

3.8 (0.5)

Subjective quality

4.2 (1.4)

3.9 (0.5)

3.6 (0.5)

3.4 (0.7)

3.1 (0.6)

Number of physician visits/year before the COVID-19 pandemic

3.1 (2.6)

3.8 (4.9)

3.4 (3.9)

2.4 (2.2)

1.5 (0.9)

Number of physician visits/year after the COVID-19 pandemic

3.7 (3.0)

4.3 (6.5)

3.1 (2.3)

2.2 (1.7)

1.4 (1.0)

n(%)

Gender

Female

26 (63.4)

34 (54.8)

77 (64.2)

117 (64.6)

14 (70.0)

Male

15 (36.6)

28 (45.2)

43 (35.8)

64 (35.4)

6 (30.0)

Education

Higher education

27 (65.9)

51 (82.3)

104 (87.4)

168 (93.3)

18 (90.0)

Low education

14 (34.2)

11 (17.7)

15 (12.6)

12 (6.7)

2 (10.0)

Area of primary residence

Beirut

24 (60.0)

33 (54.1)

75 (63.6)

119 (67.2)

9 (47.4)

Bekaa

1 (2.5)

1 (1.6)

1 (0.8)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Mount Lebanon

11 (27.5)

21 (34.4)

35 (29.7)

49 (27.7)

6 (31.6)

North

4 (10.0)

4 (6.6)

3 (2.5)

5 (2.8)

3 (15.8)

South

0 (0)

2 (3.3)

4 (3.4)

4 (2.3)

1 (5.3)

Perceived health status

Poor

4 (9.8)

4 (6.6)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Fair

8 (19.5)

4 (6.6)

14 (11.7)

13 (7.1)

0 (0)

Good

21 (51.2)

33 (54.1)

48 (40.0)

67 (36.8)

4 (20.0)

Very Good

5 (12.2)

17 (27.9)

47 (39.2)

75 (41.2)

12 (60.0)

Excellent

3 (7.3)

3 (4.9)

11 (9.2)

27 (14.8)

4 (20.0)

Chronic illnesses

Present

19 (46.3)

26 (43.3)

41 (34.7)

50 (27.6)

2 (10.5)

Absent

22 (53.7)

34 (56.7)

77 (65.3)

131 (72.4)

17 (89.5)

Number of features used

3.0 (1.0)

3.0 (0.9)

2.6 (0.9)

2.1 (1.0)

1.9 (1.1)