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. 2015 Apr 2;3(2):e14. doi: 10.2196/medinform.3238

Table 2.

Multivariate models of concerns about security and privacy.

Variable Privacy, AOR (95% CI) Security, AOR (95% CI)

Very confident vs not confident Somewhat confident vs not confident P Very confident vs not confident Somewhat confident vs not confident P
Age 0.99 (0.97, 1.00) 0.99 (0.98, 1.00) .64 0.99 (0.98, 1.01) 1.00 (0.98, 1.01) .06
Education






Less than high school 4.90 (2.17, 11.06) 1.67 (0.89, 3.11)
2.37 (0.98, 5.71) 1.14 (0.45, 2.86)

High school 2.41 (1.45, 3.98) 1.24 (0.83, 1.83)
1.61 (0.96, 2.69 1.31 (0.82, 2.09)

Some college 1.44 (0.96, 2.15) 1.28 (0.90, 1.81)
1.27 (0.79, 2.02) 1.22 (0.78, 1.91)

College grad or more Reference Reference .39 Reference Reference .01
Race/ethnicity






Hispanic 3.06 (1.60, 5.87) 1.66 (0.89, 3.13)
1.91 (1.10, 3.30) 1.28 (0.71, 2.31)

Non-Hispanic white Reference Reference .03 Reference Reference <.001

African American 2.78 (1.83, 4.23) 2.40 (1.45, 3.99)
2.55 (1.44, 4.52) 1.51 (0.80, 2.84)

Asian 1.72 (0.75, 3.95) 1.16 (0.52, 2.61)
1.05 (0.52, 2.11) 0.82 (0.32, 2.12)

Other/multiple 1.92 (0.79, 4.70) 1.53 (0.79, 2.97)
1.66 (0.62, 4.38) 1.77 (0.86, 3.64)
Gender






Female 1.70 (1.30, 2.21) 1.23 (0.95, 1.60) <.001 2.22 (1.68, 2.95) 1.27 (0.95, 1.68) <.001
Health status






Excellent Reference Reference .13 Reference Reference .01

Very good 0.92 (0.59, 1.42) 0.99 (0.60, 1.65)
1.27 (0.63, 2.57) 1.40 (0.71, 2.79)

Good 1.14 (0.70, 1.86) 0.99 (0.61, 1.62)
1.63 (0.90, 2.94) 1.58 (0.84, 2.98)

Fair/Poor 0.47 (0.26, 0.86) 0.71 (0.40, 1.27)
0.88 (0.44, 1.76) 1.31 (0.63, 2.71)
Overall quality of care






Excellent Reference Reference <.001 Reference Reference <.001

Very good 0.57 (0.37, 0.89) 0.99 (0.65, 1.52)
0.36 (0.17, 0.78) 0.65 (0.34, 1.23)

Good 0.31 (0.16, 0.58) 0.72 (0.44, 1.19)
0.25 (0.13, 0.51) 0.55 (0.33, 0.92)

Fair/poor 0.17 (0.06, 0.43) 0.39 (0.19, 0.79)
0.16 (0.06, 0.43) 0.48 (0.24, 0.94)

No visits last 12 mo 0.28 (0.17, 0.47) 0.53 (0.32, 0.89)
0.32 (0.18, 0.58) 0.57 (0.33, 0.99)
Trust in HCP






A lot Reference Reference .23 Reference Reference <.001

Some 0.42 (0.27, 0.67) 0.54 (0.40, 0.73)
0.58 (0.36, 0.95) 0.77 (0.53, 1.12)

A little/Not at all 0.61 (0.29, 1.27) 0.50 (0.25, 1.00)
0.71 (0.36, 1.40) 0.82 (0.45, 1.49)
Internet activity index






Not online 1.03 (0.61, 1.75) 1.03 (0.67, 1.57)
1.47 (0.82, 2.61) 0.89 (0.52, 1.52)

Online but no health activity online Reference Reference .08 Reference Reference .87

Online and does 1 of 3 health activities (PHR, email doctor, download health information) 0.88 (0.58, 1.32) 0.76 (0.51, 1.14)
1.19 (0.75, 1.89) 0.75 (0.51, 1.12)

Online and does 2 or 3 health activities online 0.93 (0.54, 1.60) 0.95 (0.65, 1.38)
1.02 (0.52, 1.99) 0.86 (0.52, 1.43)
Information efficacy






Completely Reference Reference <.001 Reference Reference <.001

Very 0.67 (0.49, 0.92) 1.10 (0.72, 1.68)
0.83 (0.51, 1.33) 1.27 (0.79, 2.06)

Somewhat/a little/not at all 0.52 (0.36, 0.74) 1.08 (0.78, 1.49)
0.36 (0.21, 0.62) 0.78 (0.51, 1.18)
Provider EHR use






Yes Reference Reference .99 Reference Reference .59

No 0.80 (0.49, 1.32) 0.84 (0.56, 1.28)
1.00 (0.55, 1.81) 1.03 (0.61, 1.73)