Table 2.
Types of used medical apps among academic and clinical years during phase 1 and phase 2
| Phase 1 | Phase 2 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n = 315) |
Academic (n = 182) |
Clinical (n = 133) |
P value | Total (n = 437) |
Academic (n = 233) |
Clinical (n = 204) |
P value | ||
| Disease management apps | Never used before |
95 (30.1%) |
56 (30.8%) |
39 (29.3%) |
0.49 |
217 (49.6%) |
155 (66.5%) |
62 (30.4%) |
0.0001 |
| Yearly |
72 (22.8%) |
47 (25.8%) |
25 (18.8%) |
94 (21.5%) |
34 (14.6%) |
60 (29.4%) |
|||
| Monthly |
98 (31.1%) |
54 (29.7%) |
44 (33.1%) |
82 (18.8%) |
25 (10.7%) |
57 (27.9%) |
|||
| Weekly |
43 (13.6%) |
22 (12.1%) |
21 (15.8%) |
34 (7.8%) |
12 (5.2%) |
22 (10.8%) |
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| Daily |
7 (2.2%) |
3 (1.6%) |
4 (3.0%) |
10 (2.3%) |
7 (3.0%) |
3 (1.5%) |
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| Procedure guide apps | Never used before |
171 (54.3%) |
134 (73.6%) |
37 (27.8%) |
0.0001 |
161 (36.8%) |
131 (56.2%) |
30 (14.7%) |
0.0001 |
| Yearly |
75 (23.8%) |
29 (15.9%) |
46 (34.6%) |
134 (30.7%) |
49 (21.0%) |
85 (41.7%) |
|||
| Monthly |
44 (14%) |
10 (5.5%) |
34 (25.6%) |
108 (24.7%) |
36 (15.5%) |
72 (35.3%) |
|||
| Weekly |
19 (6.03%) |
8 (4.4%) |
11 (8.3%) |
30 (6.9%) |
14 (6.0%) |
16 (7.8%) |
|||
| Daily |
6 (1.9%) |
1 (0.5%) |
5 (3.8%) |
4 (0.9%) |
3 (1.3%) |
1 (0,5%) |
|||
| Medical Dictionaries | Never used before |
55 (17.5%) |
24 (13.2%) |
31 (23.3%) |
0.01 |
69 (15.8%) |
41 (17.6%) |
28 (13.7%) |
0.055 |
| Yearly |
71 (22.5%) |
34 (18.7%) |
37 (27.8%) |
96 (22%) |
40 (17.2%) |
56 (27.5%) |
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| Monthly |
74 (23.5%) |
45 (24.7%) |
29 (21.8%) |
118 (27%) |
60 (25.8%) |
58 (28.4%) |
|||
| Weekly |
79 (25%) |
54 (29.7%) |
25 (18.8%) |
99 (22.6%) |
58 (24.9%) |
41 (20.1%) |
|||
| Daily |
36 (11.4%) |
25 (13.7%) |
11 (8.3%) |
55 (12.6%) |
34 (14.6%) |
21 (10.3%) |
|||
| Lab References | Never used before |
167 (53%) |
88 (48.4%) |
79 (59.4%) |
0.027 |
224 (51.2%) |
122 (52.4%) |
102 (50.0%) |
0.051 |
| Yearly |
85 (27%) |
54 (29.7%) |
31 (23.3%) |
106 (24.2%) |
45 (19.3%) |
61 (29.9%) |
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| Monthly |
41 (13%) |
31 (17.0%) |
10 (7.5%) |
65 (14.9%) |
39 (16.7%) |
26 (12.7%) |
|||
| Weekly |
18 (5.7%) |
7 (3.8%) |
11 (8.3%) |
32 (7.3%) |
22 (9.4%) |
10 (4.9%) |
|||
| Daily |
4 (1.3%) |
2 (1.1%) |
2 (1.5%) |
10 (2.3%) |
5 (2.1%) |
5 (2.5%) |
|||
| Drug Index | Never used before |
131 (41.6%) |
89 (48.9%) |
42 (31.6%) |
0.0001 |
182 (41.6%) |
113 (48.5%) |
69 (33.8%) |
0.008 |
| Yearly |
53 (16.8%) |
31 (17.0%) |
22 (16.5%) |
81 (18.5%) |
39 (16.7%) |
42 (20.6%) |
|||
| Monthly |
71 (22.5%) |
44 (24.2%) |
27 (20.3%) |
83 (19%) |
35 (15.0%) |
48 (23.5%) |
|||
| Weekly |
41 (13%) |
13 (7.1%) |
28 (21.1%) |
66 (15.1%) |
37 (15.9%) |
29 (14.2%) |
|||
| Daily |
19 (6%) |
5 (2.7%) |
14 (10.5%) |
25 (5.7%) |
9 (3.9%) |
16 (7.8%) |
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| Medical Calculators | Never used before |
254 (80.6%) |
149 (81.9%) |
105 (78.9%) |
0.015 |
338 (77.3%) |
182 (78.1%) |
156 (76.5%) |
0.36 |
| Yearly |
35 (11.1%) |
25 (13.7%) |
10 (7.5%) |
52 (11.9%) |
23 (9.9%) |
29 (14.2%) |
|||
| Monthly |
18 (5.7%) |
7 (3.8%) |
11 (8.3%) |
27 (6.2%) |
15 (6.4%) |
12 (5.9%) |
|||
| Weekly |
6 (1.9%) |
1 (0.5%) |
5 (3.8%) |
17 (3.9%) |
12 (5.2%) |
5 (2.5%) |
|||
| Daily |
2 (0.6%) |
0 (0.00%) |
2 (1.5%) |
3 (0.7%) |
1 (0.4%) |
2 (1.0%) |
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* Bold p value means statistically significant