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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2017 Nov;21(11):3100–3110. doi: 10.1007/s10461-016-1637-x

Table 3.

Communication technology utilization stratified by neurocognitive impairment status of the participants (N=400)

Variable Overall Mean (SD) NCI
Cohen’s d t p 95% CI
No Yes
Number of cell phone owned (Currently) 1.55(1.60)

How often do you engage in the following activities on your cell phone or smartphone?

Make or receive phone calls 4.25 (1.24) 4.32 (1.18) 4.08 (1.35) 0.18 1.73 0.084 (−0.03, 0.49)
Send or receive text messages 4.21 (1.29) 4.27 (1.22) 4.07 (1.44) 0.15 1.38 0.166 (−0.08, 0.47)
Access the internet 3.41 (1.72) 3.52 (1.91) 3.15 (1.73) 0.21 2.01 0.046 (0.01, 0.74)
Listen to music 3.34 (1.64) 3.40 (1.64) 3.18 (1.64) 0.13 1.23 0.218 (−0.13, 0.57)
Take a picture 3.34 (1.56) 3.44 (1.52) 3.09 (1.65) 0.22 2.08 0.038 (0.02, 0.68)
Watch videos 3.12 (1.64) 3.20 (1.64) 2.93 (1.65) 0.16 1.51 0.131 (−0.08, 0.62)
Online social networking 2.94 (1.71) 3.01 (1.73) 2.77 (1.67) 0.14 1.29 0.195 (−0.12, 0.60)
Send or receive emails 2.78 (1.67) 2.80 (1.66) 2.74 (1.69) 0.03 0.33 0.741 (−0.29, 0.41)
Download applications 2.78 (1.67) 2.85 (1.65) 2.61 (1.69) 0.14 1.31 0.190 (−0.11, 0.59)
Record video 2.63 (1.58) 2.63 (1.55) 2.62 (1.64) 0.01 0.08 0.932 (−0.32, 0.35)
Play games 2.62 (1.63) 2.62 (1.63) 2.62 (1.64) 0.01 0.01 0.999 (−0.35, 0.35)
Use health-related apps 1.84 (1.28) 1.87 (1.29) 1.78 (1.27) 0.07 0.67 0.501 (−0.18, 0.36)
Make a purchase 1.82 (1.34) 1.88 (1.36) 1.68 (1.29) 0.15 1.40 0.161 (−0.12, 0.60)
Reading e-books 1.65 (1.26) 1.64 (1.25) 1.68 (1.29) −0.03 −0.26 0.793 (−0.30, 0.23)
Online banking 1.50 (1.28) 1.52 (1.29) 1.46 (1.24) 0.04 0.40 0.683 (−0.21, 0.33)

Note:

SD: Standard deviation

NCI: Neurocognitive impairment

CI: Confidence interval