Table 3.
Study participants with post-traumatic stress disorder and their comfort with and experience using technology for health-related purposes.
| eHealth Technology Use | Survey respondents n (%) |
Focus group participants n (%) |
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| Health-related technology use (NSRa=116, NFGPb=10) | 104 (90.0) | 10 (100) | |
| Frequency of health-related technology use (NSR=100, NFGP=10) |
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Daily | 8 (8.0) | 2 (20.0) |
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1-5 times per week | 18 (18.0) | 1 (10.0) |
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1-3 times per month | 50 (50.0) | 7 (70.0) |
|
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Less than once per month | 24 (24.0) | — |
| eHealth activities (NSR=114c, NFGP=10) |
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Searched for health information | 90 (78.9) | 10 (100) |
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Communicated with provider | 81 (71.1) | 10 (100) |
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Tracked medication list | 74 (64.9) | 9 (90.0) |
|
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Tracked medical information | 56 (49.1) | 8 (80.0) |
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Bought medications or supplies | 40 (35.1) | 5 (50.0) |
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Made treatment decisions | 49 (43.0) | 9 (90.0) |
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Visited online support group | 15 (13.2) | 3 (30.0) |
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Used health-related mobile app (NSR=115) | 19 (16.5) | 4 (40.0) |
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Participated in health-related competition or game | 5 (4.4) | 0 (0.0) |
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Other | 13 (11.4) | 1 (10.0) |
| Experience using technology (NSR=113, NFGP=9)d |
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Computers (NSR=112) | 112 (100) | 9 (100) |
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The Web | 112 (99.1) | 9 (100) |
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Email (NSR=111) | 110 (99.1) | 9 (100) |
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Text messaging (NSR=111, NFGP=8) | 94 (84.7) | 7 (87.5) |
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Social media (NSR=111) | 81 (73.0) | 7 (78.0) |
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Video calling | 76 (67.3) | 6 (67.0) |
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Mobile apps | 90 (79.6) | 8 (89.0) |
aNSR: number of survey respondents.
bNFGP: number of focus group participants.
cNSR=114 for eHealth activity unless otherwise specified.
dNSR=113 and NFGP=9 unless otherwise specified.