Table 2.
Percentage of positive viewsa on the potential applicability of a Web portal featuring patients’ reports of medication experience (PROME) to health care, by demographic characteristic (N=300).
| Characteristics | No. | Items relating to perceptions of PROME Web portal applicability, % (95% CI) | |||||
| Overall usefulness |
Patient-physician communicationb |
Physician getting upset |
Information credibility |
Willingness to participate |
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n (%) 95% CI |
n (%) 95% CI |
n (%) 95% CI |
n (%) 95% CI |
n (%) 95% CI |
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| Sex |
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Female | 231 | 187 (81.0%) 75.9–86.0 |
168 (72.7%) 66.5–78.4 |
134 (58.0%) 51.6–64.4 |
197 (85.3%) 80.7–90.0 |
162 (70.1%) 64.2–76.1 |
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Male | 68 | 55 (80.9%) 71.5–90.2 |
53 (77.9%) 66.2–87.1 |
33 (48.5%) 36.7–60.4 |
59 (86.8%) 78.5–95.0 |
53 (78.0%) 67.8–88.1 |
| Education (years) |
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≤8 | 10 | 9 (90.0%) 78.0–100.0 |
8 (80.0%) 70.1–91.9 |
3 (30.0%) 13.1–45.0 |
7 (70.0%) 41.6–98.4 |
6 (60.0%) 29.6–90.4 |
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9–12 | 123 | 102 (83.3%) 76.1–90.6 |
89 (72.6%) 63.9–81.2 |
62 (50.1%) 40.9–61.0 |
107 (87.0%) 81.1–93.0 |
91 (74.0%) 66.2–81.7 |
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13–16 | 92 | 69 (75.0%) 66.2–83.9 |
64 (70.1%) 61.4–80.0 |
61 (66.3%) 56.6–76.0 |
80 (87.0%) 78.3–93.1 |
68 (73.9%) 64.9–82.9 |
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≥17 | 72 | 58 (80.6%) 71.4–89.7 |
55 (76.4%) 66.6–86.2 |
45 (62.5%) 51.3–73.7 |
61 (84.7%) 76.4–93.0 |
48 (66.7%) 54.6–77.3 |
| Race |
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Non-Hispanic white | 164 | 133 (81.1%) 75.1–87.1 |
117 (71.3%) 64.4–78.3 |
103 (62.8%) 55.4–70.2 |
139 (84.8%) 78.3–89.9 |
110 (67.1%) 59.9–74.3 |
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Non-Hispanic black | 121 | 97 (80.0%) 72.8–87.2 |
93 (76.7%) 69.1–84.2 |
60 (49.2%) 40.2–58.1 |
103 (85.1%) 78.9–91.5 |
94 (77.7%) 70.3–85.1 |
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Otherc | 15 | 13 (87.5%) 71.3–100.0 |
12 (81.3%) 54.4–96.0 |
5 (33.3%) 9.5–54.0 |
15 (100.0%) 100.0–100.0 |
12 (80.0%) 59.8–100.0 |
| Income (US$) |
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<10,000 | 23 | 17 (73.9%) 56.0–91.7 |
18 (78.3%) 61.4–95.1 |
11 (47.8%) 27.4–68.2 |
16 (69.6%) 50.8–88.4 |
17 (73.9%) 56.0–91.9 |
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10,000–29,000 | 111 | 94 (84.4%) 77.6–91.2 |
92 (82.6%) 75.5–89.7 |
57 (51.4%) 42.0–60.8 |
99 (89.2%) 83.4–95.0 |
87 (78.4%) 70.7–86.0 |
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30,000–49,000 | 56 | 47 (84.5%) 75.2–93.8 |
41 (74.1%) 62.9–85.4 |
31 (55.2%) 42.4–68.0 |
50 (87.5%) 78.8–96.2 |
44 (78.6%) 67.8–89.3 |
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50,000–69,000 | 41 | 33 (80.5%) 68.4–92.6 |
28 (68.3%) 54.1–82.5 |
29 (70.7%) 54.5–83.9 |
35 (85.4%) 74.6–96.2 |
29 (70.7%) 56.8–83.9 |
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70,000 | 31 | 22 (71.0%) 55.0–87.0 |
18 (58.1%) 40.7–75.4 |
21 (67.8%) 48.6–83.3 |
25 (80.7%) 62.5–92.6 |
15 (48.4%) 30.8–66.0 |
aThe percentage of positive answers is for the response choices of probably, very probably, and definitely combined.
bThe 3 items related to patient-physician communication were combined because individually they did not have any significant demographic variations. The percentages of positive responses were for those with the combined score 9, the score when all 3 items were given a rating of 3 (a response of probably on the 5-point scale).
cOther includes Asian, Native American, and Alaskan native.