Table 5.
Results of the logistic regression models on the use of the 2 functionsa.
| Variable | Information-focused empowerment (n=1860) | Health care–related organization and communication (n=1866) | |||||||||
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ORb (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | |||||||
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Sex: female (reference: male) | 1.90 (1.36-2.65) | <.001 | 1.47 (1.14-1.89) | .004 | ||||||
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Age (years; reference: 18-39) | ||||||||||
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40-59 | 0.61 (0.42-0.88) | .01 | 0.82 (0.54-1.24) | .33 | |||||
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60-79 | 0.62 (0.43-0.90) | .01 | 0.78 (0.54-1.12) | .17 | |||||
| Enabling factors | |||||||||||
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SESc (reference: low SES) | ||||||||||
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Medium SES | 1.25 (0.79-1.98) | .32 | 1.31 (0.82-2.09) | .25 | |||||
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High SES | 1.98 (1.31-2.98) | .002 | 2.31 (1.52-3.52) | <.001 | |||||
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Information-related self-efficacy | 1.09 (0.90-1.31) | .37 | 1.04 (0.87-1.24) | .66 | ||||||
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Health-related self-efficacy | 0.87 (0.69-1.10) | .23 | 1.01 (0.81-1.26) | .91 | ||||||
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Trust in web-based health information | 1.44 (1.25-1.66) | <.001 | 1.15 (0.99-1.33) | .06 | ||||||
| Need factors | |||||||||||
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Health status: good or excellent (reference: moderate, bad, or very bad) | 0.77 (0.54-1.11) | .16 | 1.03 (0.65-1.61) | .91 | ||||||
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Chronic disease: yes (reference: no) | 1.47 (1.00-2.14) | .049 | 1.39 (1.05-1.85) | .02 | ||||||
aMissing cases were deleted listwise.
bOR: odds ratio.
cSES: socioeconomic status.