Table 2. Characteristics of patients and caregivers (PCs, n=480).
| Variables | Values |
|---|---|
| Sex, n (%) | |
| Male | 242 (50.4) |
| Female | 238 (49.6) |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 50.1 (12.6) |
| Role, n (%) | |
| Patient | 360 (75.0) |
| Caregiver | 120 (25.0) |
| Education level, n (%) | |
| Primary school or below | 121 (25.2) |
| Junior high school | 100 (20.8) |
| High school | 96 (20.0) |
| College | 91 (19.0) |
| Bachelor’s degree or above | 72 (15.0) |
| Hospital affiliation, n (%) | |
| Nonaffiliated | 197 (41.0) |
| Affiliated | 283 (59.0) |
| Hospital type, n (%) | |
| Oncology | 94 (19.6) |
| General | 386 (80.4) |
| Province economic level, n (%) | |
| Low | 88 (18.3) |
| Medium | 202 (42.1) |
| High | 190 (39.6) |
| Frequency of digital tool use, n (%) | |
| Rarely | 95 (19.8) |
| Occasionally | 162 (33.7) |
| Often | 223 (46.5) |
| Previous awareness of LLMsa, n (%) | |
| Yes | 247 (51.5) |
| No | 233 (48.5) |
| Previous use of LLMs, n (%) | |
| Yes | 125 (26.0) |
| No | 355 (74.0) |
| Trust in LLMs (1-5), mean (SD) | 2.83 (1.22) |
| Perceived usefulness (1-5), mean (SD) | 2.61 (1.14) |
| Privacy concerns (1-5), mean (SD) | 2.72 (1.29) |
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LLM: large language model.