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. 2014 May 14;16(5):e126. doi: 10.2196/jmir.2684

Table 3.

Willingness to share items: frequencies, means, and standard deviations.

Type of information Willingness to share, n (%) Mean (SD)

Only with personal contacts Only with members of the website With all website visitors
Clinical information


2.32 (0.60)

Patient status 11 (9.6) 49 (42.6) 55 (47.8) 2.38 (0.66)

Type of cancer 9 (7.8) 44 (38.3) 62 (53.9) 2.46 (0.64)

Date of diagnosis 15 (13.0) 61 (53.0) 39 (33.9) 2.21 (0.66)

Treatment status 17 (14.8) 58 (50.4) 40 (34.8) 2.20 (0.68)

Sex 12 (10.4) 44 (38.3) 59 (51.3) 2.41 (0.67)

Age 21 (18.3) 44 (38.3) 50 (43.5) 2.25 (0.75)
Daily life information


1.86 (0.67)

Marital status 50 (43.5) 38 (33.0) 27 (23.5) 1.80 (0.80)

Family situation 46 (40.0) 46 (40.0) 23 (20.0) 1.80 (0.75)

Profession 46 (40.0) 43 (37.4) 26 (22.6) 1.83 (0.78)

County 29 (25.2) 57 (49.6) 29 (25.2) 2.00 (0.71)
Identity information


1.58 (0.56)

Place of residence 52 (45.2) 49 (42.6) 14 (12.2) 1.67 (0.68)

Picture 65 (56.6) 36 (31.3) 14 (12.2) 1.56 (0.70)

Email address 66 (57.4) 40 (34.8) 9 (7.8) 1.50 (0.64)
Noncategorized information




Specific hospital 20 (17.4) 63 (54.8) 32 (27.8) 2.10 (0.67)

Specific clinician 35 (30.4) 57 (49.6) 23 (20.0) 1.90 (0.70)