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. 2024 Oct 7;10:20552076241287636. doi: 10.1177/20552076241287636
Variable Questions Options Analysed categories Source
Awareness Do you know that you as a patient or guardian have access to the medical record via 1177?
  1. Yes

  2. No

  1. Yes

  2. No

Formulated by the authors of this study
PAEHR reading Have you read the medical record (care staff's notes, test results, etc.) via 1177?
  1. Yes

  2. No

  1. Yes (Has read)

  2. No (Has never read)

Formulated by the authors of this study
Gender Gender?
  1. Female

  2. Male

  3. Other

  1. Female

  2. Male

A British GP patient survey 24
Age What year were you born?
  1. 2020-birth year

The National Swedish Public Health Survey 26
Education What is your highest completed education?
  1. Primary education or similar

  2. High school 2 years

  3. High school 3–4 years

  4. adult school

  5. University or college <2 years

  6. University or college 3 years or longer

  7. Don’t know/don’t want to answer

  1. Primary education or similar

  2. High school 2 years & high school 3–4 years & adult school

  3. University or college <2 years & university or college 3 years or longer

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Marital status What is your current marital status?
  1. Married or registered partner

  2. Stable partner

  3. Single

  4. Other

  1. Married or registered partner, stable partner

  2. Single

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Health How do you assess your general health?
  1. Very gGood

  2. Very Ggood

  3. Neither good or bad

  4. Bad

  5. Very bad

  1. Good or very good

  2. Neither good or bad

  3. Bad or very bad

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Accessible devices Which of the following do you have access to?
  1. Phone without apps

  2. Smartphone

  3. Computer

  4. Tablet

  5. Non

  1. Smartphone

  2. Just phone without apps, computer, tablet or non

The annual Swedish survey ‘The Swedes and the Internet’ 25
Internet use How often do you use internet with the following devices? (mobile phone, computer, tablet)
  1. Daily

  2. Every week

  3. Every month

  4. Less frequently

  5. Never

  1. Daily

  2. Every week or Every month, Sometimes or Never

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Information Literacy i.e., the ability to retrieve health information, select, understand and judge the reliability of information.
  • A. I can retrieve information about my health from several different sources of information such as newspapers, internet, books, health care, family and friends, etc.

  • B. I can select exactly the information I need from a variety of information sources

  • C. I can understand the information and share it with others

  • D. I can judge if the information is reliable

  1. Strongly agree

  2. Agree

  3. Partially agree

  4. Disagree

  5. Strongly disagree

  1. Strongly agree/agree (High)

  2. Partially agree, disagree/strongly disagree (Low)

Adapted from a national patient survey on PAEHR use 11
It is good for me to read It is good for me to have access to the medical record on 1177
  1. Strongly agree

  2. Agree

  3. Partially agree

  4. Disagree

  5. Strongly disagree

  1. Strongly agree/agree

  2. Partially agree, disagree/strongly disagree

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