Table 2.
Usefulness of health information technology in neurological practices.
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Practices specialized in MS, n (%) | Other neurological practices, n (%) | P values |
| eHealth services are useful for doctors’ duties |
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<.001a |
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Yes | 15/32 (47) | 3/42 (7) |
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Partially | 16/32 (50) | 36/42 (86) |
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No | 1/32 (3) | 3/42 (7) |
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| eHealth services are useful for nurses’ duties |
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.03a |
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Yes | 15/32 (47) | 4/42 (10) |
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Partially | 17/32 (53) | 32/42 (76) |
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No | 0/32 | 6/42 (14) |
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| eHealth services are useful for... |
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Recourses | 23/32 (72) | 24/42 (57) | .19b |
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Clinical documentation | 28/32 (88) | 33/42 (79) | .32b |
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Documentation of interventional studies | 27/32 (84) | 15/42 (36) | <.001b |
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Documentation of noninterventional studies | 28/32 (88) | 10/42 (24) | <.001b |
| eHealth services are useful for patient education c |
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.16a |
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Yes | 11/32 (34) | 9/40 (23) |
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Partially | 16/32 (50) | 20/40 (50) |
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No | 5/32 (16) | 11/40 (28) |
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| eHealth services are useful for physician-patient communication c |
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.23a |
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Yes | 13/32 (41) | 12/41 (29) |
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Partially | 16/32 (50) | 22/41 (54) |
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No | 3/32 (9) | 7/41 (17) |
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| eHealth services are useful for retrieving patient data c |
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.25a |
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Yes | 17/32 (53) | 17/40 (43) |
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Partially | 15/32 (47) | 20/40 (50) |
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No | 0/32 | 3/40 (8) |
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| eHealth services are useful for diagnosing specific MS symptoms and courses of disease |
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.34a |
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Yes | 16/32 (50) | 17/42 (41) |
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Partially | 14/32 (44) | 20/42 (48) |
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No | 2/32 (6) | 5/42 (12) |
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aMann-Whitney U test
bChi-square test
cReduced sample size due to missing values