Table 3.
Number and percentage of whites and Hispanic patients who prefer that their provider use various social media to help them stay healthy and share health information (N=214).
| Social media type | Help them stay healthy | Share health information | ||||
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White, n (%) | Hispanic, n (%) | P | White, n (%) | Hispanic, n (%) | P |
| 23 (51.1) | 75 (56.8) | .51 | 16 (34.8) | 92 (63.5) | .001 | |
| MySpace | 6 (13.6) | 16 (14.7) | .87 | 2 (6.7) | 14 (12.6) | .28 |
| 3 (6.8) | 12 (11.4) | .39 | 5 (11.1) | 12 (11.4) | .96 | |
| Blogs | 11 (25.0) | 27 (24.6) | .95 | 9 (20.0) | 26 (23.4) | .64 |
| Online group discussions | 14 (34.2) | 22 (19.8) | .07 | 13 (28.9) | 30 (25.6) | .68 |
| 6 (14.6) | 17 (16.4) | .80 | 5 (11.4) | 31 (26.5) | .04 | |
| YouTube | 14 (34.2) | 37 (33.0) | .90 | 7 (15.2) | 41 (35.3) | .01 |
| 32 (71.1) | 83 (66.9) | .61 | 27 (60.0) | 82 (66.7) | .42 | |
| Cell phone for texting | 26 (57.8) | 89 (71.2) | .10 | 28 (59.6) | 99 (72.3) | .11 |
| Cell phone apps | 20 (47.6) | 47 (43.1) | .62 | 18 (40.9) | 51 (43.9) | .73 |