Table 5.
Reported utility of the site for communicating with their health care provider (HCP) using the doctor visit sheet (DVS)
A Lot | Moderate Amount | A Little | Not at All | Not Applicable, Never Tried to Use Site for This | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
How much do you use the DVS in visits with your HCP team? | 91(7%) | 136 (10%) | 161 (12%) | 516 (39%) | 417 (32%) |
Compared with before PatientsLikeMe (PLM), how much more involved in treatment decisions are you because of what you learned from PLM? | 277(21%) | 285(22%) | 296 (22%) | 200 (15%) | 263 (20%) |
How much easier is it to communicate with your HCP team because of PLM? | 281(21%) | 300(23%) | 284 (22%) | 189 (14%) | 267 (20%) |