Table 3.
Ranking of connected health-related benefits and barriers, ordered by total rank.
| Total | Digital Age Group | Gender | Health Profession | Education | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Rank | p Values | ||||
| CONNECTED HEALTH | |||||||
| Benefits | |||||||
| Better quality of healthcare | 3.4 | 1.6 | 1 | 0.537 | 0.139 | 0.744 | 0.715 |
| Location-independent access to healthcare services | 3.5 | 1.9 | 2 | 0.064 | 0.002 * | 0.629 | 0.011 * |
| Better quality of life | 3.7 | 1.9 | 3 | 0.001 ** | 0.013 * | 0.405 | 0.023 * |
| Increasing knowledge of patients | 3.8 | 1.5 | 4 | 0.086 | 0.120 | 0.017 * | 0.456 |
| Avoidance of multiple diagnostic tests | 4.0 | 1.7 | 5 | 0.001 ** | 0.462 | 0.032 * | 0.390 |
| Better financing of healthcare | 4.8 | 1.6 | 6 | 0.203 | 0.019 * | 0.250 | 0.843 |
| Better relationship between doctors and patients | 4.8 | 1.5 | 7 | 0.478 | 0.406 | 0.847 | 0.019 * |
| Barriers | |||||||
| Data security | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.038 * | 0.068 | 0.680 | 0.178 |
| Lack of acceptance by doctors | 3.5 | 1.4 | 2 | 0.127 | 0.003 * | 0.111 | 0.645 |
| Lack of technical prerequisites | 3.7 | 1.5 | 3 | 0.092 | 0.001 ** | 0.306 | 0.757 |
| Lack of acceptance by patients | 3.7 | 1.4 | 4 | 0.115 | 0.623 | 0.114 | 0.947 |
| Costs, financing | 3.7 | 1.5 | 5 | 0.254 | 0.053 | 0.614 | 0.093 |
| Increase of administrative burden | 4.3 | 1.3 | 6 | 0.204 | 0.769 | 0.136 | 0.917 |
Note: Mann-Whitney U tests * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.001.