Table 1.
Patient factors associated with high levels of interest in exchanging digital images (eg, photographs of skin lesions) with a health care provider electronically.
| Factors | Very interested (n=888), n (weighted %) | Not at all interested (n=2559), n (weighted %) | Total participants | P value | ||||||
| Gender | .02 | |||||||||
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Male | 322 (25.1a) | 1018 (74.9) | 1340 |
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Female | 557 (27.7) | 1495 (72.3) | 2052 | ||||||
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Unknown | 9 (9.2) | 46 (90.8) | 55 | ||||||
| Age (years) | <.001 | |||||||||
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18-34 | 153 (30.0) | 310 (70.0) | 463 |
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35-49 | 243 (32.2) | 474 (67.8) | 717 | ||||||
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50-64 | 295 (22.3) | 876 (77.7) | 1171 | ||||||
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≥65 | 166 (16.1) | 780 (83.9) | 946 | ||||||
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Unknown | 31 (19.0) | 119 (81.0) | 150 | ||||||
| Education | .001 | |||||||||
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High school or below | 56 (19.0) | 200 (81.0) | 256 |
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High School | 126 (21.7) | 479 (78.3) | 605 | ||||||
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Some college degree | 256 (24.4) | 788 (75.6) | 1044 | ||||||
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College or higher | 424 (31.7) | 994 (68.3) | 1418 | ||||||
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Unknown | 26 (18.8) | 98 (81.2) | 124 | ||||||
| Race and ethnicity | .61 | |||||||||
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Hispanic | 143 (29.3) | 343 (70.7) | 486 |
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Non-Hispanic White | 445 (24.6) | 1447 (75.4) | 1892 | ||||||
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Non-Hispanic Black | 152 (30.4) | 361 (69.9) | 513 | ||||||
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Other | 63 (28.8) | 166 (71.2) | 229 | ||||||
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Unknown | 85 (25.9) | 242 (74.1) | 327 | ||||||
| Income range | <.001 | |||||||||
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<US $20,000 | 157 (24.8) | 537 (75.2) | 694 |
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US $20,000-$34,999 | 109 (22.2) | 348 (77.8) | 457 | ||||||
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US $35,000-$49,999 | 118 (24.2) | 347 (75.8) | 465 | ||||||
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US $50,000-$74,999 | 132 (26.5) | 396 (73.5) | 528 | ||||||
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≥US $75,000 | 321 (33.0) | 643 (67.0) | 964 | ||||||
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Unknown | 51 (11.1) | 288 (88.9) | 339 | ||||||
| Having a regular medical provider | .02 | |||||||||
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Yes | 627 (27.7) | 1783 (72.3) | 2410 |
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No | 260 (23.7) | 760 (76.3) | 1020 | ||||||
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Unknown | 1 (2.1) | 16 (97.9) | 17 | ||||||
| Having health insurance | .15 | |||||||||
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Yes | 773 (25.7) | 2263 (74.3) | 3036 |
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No | 113 (29.7) | 284 (70.3) | 397 | ||||||
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Unknown | 2 (9.7) | 12 (90.3) | 14 | ||||||
| Trust in web-based information on cancer | <.001 | |||||||||
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A lot | 231 (38.4) | 407 (61.6) | 638 |
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Not a lot | 620 (23.8) | 1997 (76.2) | 2617 | ||||||
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Unknown | 37 (20.8) | 155 (79.2) | 192 | ||||||
| Using the internet | <.001 | |||||||||
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Yes | 767 (27.5) | 1977 (72.5) | 2744 |
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No | 117 (17.8) | 580 (82.2) | 697 | ||||||
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Unknown | 4 (85.7) | 2 (14.3) | 6 | ||||||
| Owning electronic devices and using health apps | <.001 | |||||||||
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Multiple devices with health apps | 220 (40.9) | 292 (59.1) | 512 | ||||||
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Multiple devices without health apps | 187 (25.0) | 508 (75.0) | 693 | ||||||
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Tablet device with health apps | 14 (30.6) | 51 (69.4) | 65 | ||||||
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Tablet device without health apps | 68 (25.4) | 213 (74.6) | 281 | ||||||
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Smartphone with health apps | 73 (34.4) | 150 (65.6) | 223 | ||||||
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Smartphone without health apps | 142 (23.4) | 421 (76.6) | 563 | ||||||
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Basic cellphone | 117 (15.2) | 631 (84.8) | 748 | ||||||
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None | 42 (11.0) | 249 (89.0) | 291 | ||||||
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Unknown | 25 (43.7) | 44 (56.3) | 69 | ||||||
| Sharing medical information with health care providers | <.001 | |||||||||
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Yes | 371 (39.6) | 572 (60.4) | 943 |
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No | 507 (20.9) | 1954 (79.1) | 2461 | ||||||
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Unknown | 10 (13.9) | 33 (86.1) | 43 | ||||||
aWeighted percentage to adjust for the nonresponse bias.