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. 2025 May 30;27:e62696. doi: 10.2196/62696

Table 2.

Multivariate associations with ease of understanding online medical records or patient portalsa.


“Very easy” vs “Not very easy,” adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) P value
Age group (years) .05

18-34 1.5 (0.93-2.51) .09

35-49 1.9 (1.25-2.80) .003

50-64 1.4 (0.94-2.03) .09

65-74 1.4 (0.89-2.23) .14

≥75 Reference b
Birth sex

Female 1.4 (1.02-2.03) .04

Male Reference
Patient-provider communication score 1.1 (1.09-1.16)c <.001
Ease of understanding medical statistics <.001

Very easy 8.5 (5.60-12.78) <.001

Easy 2.0 (1.31-2.94) .002

Hard Reference
How online records were accessed .01

App 1.8 (1.19-2.68) .01

Website Reference

Both app and website 1.4 (1.03-1.94) .03

aFactors that were bivariately significant with P<.10 were attempted in the model. Using backward elimination, factors were removed one by one until all the remaining factors in the model were significant with P<.05.

bNot applicable.

cIncrease in odds per 1 unit increase in score.