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. 2023 Apr 1;15(4):e37011. doi: 10.7759/cureus.37011

Table 3. Factors influencing awareness of the Ministry of Health e-health applications Seha and Moed.

* indicates a significance based on a significance level of <0.050

N=1333 Seha Moed
Yes (%) Odds ratio (95% CI) p-value Yes (%) Odds ratio (95% CI) p-value
Gender Female 718 (77.1) Reference 663 (71.2) Reference
Male 290 (72.1) 0.768 (0.589-1.003) 0.052 306 (76.1) 1.288 (0.984-1.687) 0.065
Age 18-24 428 (72.7) Reference 389 (66.0) Reference
25-35 299 (77.7) 1.308 (0.968-1.766) 0.080 301 (78.2) 1.842 (1.370-2.477) <0.001*
36-45 152 (79.2) 1.429 (0.965-2.117) 0.074 142 (74.0) 1.460 (1.014-2.103) 0.042*
>45 129 (77.2) 1.277 (0.852-1.914) 0.236 137 (82.0) 2.348 (1.527-3.610) <0.001*
Nationality Non-Saudi 124 (53.7) Reference 111 (48.1) Reference
Saudi 884 (80.2) 3.499 (2.597-4.714) <0.001* 858 (77.9) 3.802 (2.831-5.104) <0.001*
Marital status Single 615 (75.6) Reference 558 (68.6) Reference
Married 393 (75.6) 0.996 (0.771-1.287) 0.977 411 (79.0) 1.723 (1.331-2.230) <0.001*
Children No 645 (74.7) Reference 591 (68.4) Reference
Yes 363 (77.4) 1.163 (0.892-1.516) 0.265 378 (80.6) 1.919 (1.465-2.514) <0.001*
Education level Primary/intermediate school 36 (80.0) Reference 33 (73.3) Reference
High school 253 (73.1) 0.680 (0.315-1.466) 0.325 243 (70.2) 0.858 (0.426-1.727) 0.668
University and above 710 (76.3) 0.803 (0.381-1.693) 0.565 683 (73.4) 1.001 (0.509-1.970) 0.997
Illiterate 9 (81.8) 1.125 (0.206-6.142) 0.892 10 (90.9) 3.636 (0.420-31.506) 0.241
Employment Student 354 (72.4) Reference 316 (64.6) Reference
Public sector employee 203 (82.2) 1.759 (1.201-2.577) 0.004* 204 (82.6) 2.597 (1.781-3.789) <0.001*
Privet sector employee 171 (73.1) 1.035 (0.729-1.469) 0.847 159 (67.9) 1.161 (0.833-1.616) 0.378
Retired 51 (85.0) 2.161 (1.035-4.511) 0.040* 58 (96.7) 15.877 (3.831-65.797) <0.001*
Housewife 87 (69.0) 0.851 (0.555-1.303) 0.458 90 (71.4) 1.369 (0.892-2.101) 0.151
Unemployed 119 (82.1) 1.745 (1.093-2.788) 0.020* 119 (82.1) 2.506 (1.577-3.981) <0.001*
Self-employed 23 (71.9) 0.975 (0.440-2.160) 0.949 23 (71.9) 1.399 (0.633-3.091) 0.406