Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for current chronic health conditions and COVID-19-related concerns
| Response | mHealth User | Non-mHealth User | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | p | |
| Current Chronic Health Conditions | |||||||
| Diabetes | 17 | 8.5 | 6 | 5.8 | 23 | 7.6 | - |
| High blood pressure | 36 | 17.9 | 9 | 8.7 | 45 | 14.8 | * |
| Bronchitis, emphysema, or other lung conditions | 31 | 15.4 | 30 | 29.1 | 61 | 20.1 | ** |
| Heart disease, heart failure, or heart attack | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 10.7 | 26 | 8.6 | - |
| Cancer | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.7 | - |
| Any other ongoing health problem or condition not already mentioned | 17 | 8.5 | 16 | 15.5 | 33 | 10.9 | - |
| COVID-19-Related Concerns (M/SD) | |||||||
| I have found it more difficult to get healthy food during the COVID-19 pandemic | 3.67 | 1.05 | 3.34 | 1.15 | 3.56 | 1.09 | * |
| I feel less safe going shopping now that there are social or physical distancing and face covering orders | 3.78 | 0.97 | 3.16 | 1.06 | 3.57 | 1.04 | *** |
| I have used food delivery services (for example, Doordash, Uber Eats) more frequently since the pandemic started | 3.76 | 1.10 | 3.35 | 0.96 | 3.62 | 1.07 | ** |
| I have fewer people to help me shop or prepare food since the pandemic started | 3.68 | 1.03 | 3.43 | 1.01 | 3.59 | 1.03 | * |
| I have less money for food due to a job loss or a cut in hours caused by COVID-19 | 3.84 | 0.95 | 3.59 | 0.85 | 3.75 | 0.93 | * |
Note. Responses of “prefer not to answer” and “don’t know” were treated as missing
*
p < 0.05.
**
p < 0.01.
***
p < 0.001.