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. 2015 Mar 27;3(1):e12. doi: 10.2196/medinform.3709

Table 5.

Group characteristics (social, economic, and the usefulness of the CIMIDx prototype for the two user groups).

Characteristics Category Users (n=97) Significance (P)c
Use of CIMIDx by low user (n=44) Use of CIMIDx by high user (n=53)
mean (SD) or n (%) mean (SD) or n (%)
Age (years)
22 (22.6) 26.5 (31.8) .89a
Time since diagnosis (years)
22 (24.0) 26.5 (33.2) .89a
Annual household income (INR)

<1,00,000 4 (9.1) 6 (11.3) .78b

1,00,000-2,70,000 11 (25.0) 12 (22.6) .48b

>2,70,000 29 (66.0) 35 (66.0) .89b
Education

Grades <12 5 (11.4) 8 (15.1) .93b

Grades 13-15 8 (18.2) 11 (20.7) .96b

Grades >15 31 (70.5) 34 (64.2) .86b
Ease of navigation

Good 39 (88.6) 51 (96.2) .89b

Average 5 (11.4) 2 (3.7) .81b
Organization of information

Good 41 (93.2) 49 (92.5) .77b

Average 3 (6.8) 4 (7.5) .81b
Usefulness

Good 42 (95.5) 51 (96.2) .77b

Average 1 (2.3) 2 (3.7) .39b
User friendliness

Good 43 (97.7) 52 (98.1) .31b

Average 1 (2.3) 1 (1.9) .99b
Overall satisfaction

Good 42 (95.5) 52 (98.1) .31b

Average 2 (4.5) 1 (1.9) .39b

a t test

bPearson chi-square test

cFrom the interviews at various medical colleges and hospitals in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, May 2013 to April 2014, regarding the cloud-based system support intelligent medical image diagnosis prototype used for breast health issues, the P values were calculated with t tests for the means, and the Pearson chi-Square tests for the percentages.