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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Public Health Genomics. 2014 Oct 30;18(1):26–39. doi: 10.1159/000366128

Table 4.

Predictors of whether participants would set up an account (n=137)

Univariable Odds Ratio (p-value) Multivariable Final Model Odds Ratio (p-value)
Demographic Factors Study Cohort UM Students group .88 (0.728) -
Community participants group Ref -
Gender Female 1.11 (0.745) -
Male Ref -
Race/Ethnicity African-American 2.1 (0.138) -
Asian or Pacific Islander .85 (0.685) -
Other Arab or Arab-American 1.63 (0.470) -
Native American
Hispanic
Other/NR
White (not Hispanic) Ref
Education >15 years .94 (0.950) -
12-15 years .75 (0.758) -
<12 years Ref -
Age >55 2.48 (0.437) -
46-55 .83 (0.756) -
36-45 .83 (0.853) -
26-35 .99 (0.991) -
<25 Ref -
User Experience Factors Overall Experience Somewhat or Very Positive 21.2 (0.050) 9.23 (0.052)
Neutral (neither positive or negative) 2.88 (0.349) 1.70 (0.658)
Somewhat or Very negative* Ref Ref
Impression of length of time to completion It took too long 0.14 (0.003) -
It took to long, but it was worthwhile 0.98 (0.964) -
It took about the right amount of time 0.62 (0.270) -
It took less time than I thought it would Ref -
Navigation impression Somewhat or Very easy* 6.90 (0.082) -
Some parts easy; some more difficult 3.57 (0.305) -
Somewhat or Very difficult* Ref -
Would recommend service to others Somewhat or very likely 11.2 (<0.001) 5.20 (0.010)
Somewhat or very unlikely* Ref Ref
Reasons for not using a personal health record service I don't have regular access to the internet 0.62 (0.736) -
I don't want my medical record on the web 0.44 (0.036) -
Other, please specify 0.77 (0.627) -
I don't know how this would work Ref -
Guided or Custom settings preference Preset preferences 0.51 (0.159) -
Custom preferences Ref -
ID verification: “Would you answer these questions or questions like these?” Yes 2.89 (0.006) 2.34 (0.096)
No Ref Ref
Consent and Contact Preferences “Ask me each time my DBS would be used for research.” Agree/strongly agree 2.29 (0.027) 2.20 (0.078)
Disagree/strongly disagree Ref Ref
“Parents should be able to decline having their baby's blood stored for use in research.” Agree/strongly agree .58 (0.533) -
Disagree/strongly disagree Ref -

Criterion for inclusion in step one: α <.10, criterion for inclusion in final model: α <.10