Table 3.
Factors associated to health information technology (HIT) use among respondents with none, one chronic condition, and multiple chronic conditions (MCCs): weighted logistic regression model results.
| Independent variable | With one chronic condition, adjusted ORb (99.5% CI) N=8551 |
With MCCsa, adjusted OR (99.5% CI) N=9637 |
With no chronic conditions, adjusted OR (99.5% CI) N=16,337 |
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| Age (in years) | ||||
| 18 to 29 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| 30 to 39 | 0.95 (0.61-1.49) | 0.61 (0.27-1.34) | 0.77 (0.62-0.95) | |
| 40 to 49 | 0.66 (0.42-1.04) | 0.46 (0.22-0.98) | 0.68 (0.55-0.85) | |
| 50 to 64 | 0.51 (0.33-0.80) | 0.40 (0.19-0.85) | 0.54 (0.42-0.69) | |
| 65 to 74 | 0.37 (0.21-0.65) | 0.25 (0.12-0.55) | 0.44 (0.26-0.76) |
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| 75+ | 0.12 (0.03-0.45) | 0.11 (0.04-0.32) | 0.19 (0.04-0.91) |
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| Gender | ||||
| Male | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Female | 1.92 (1.49-2.46) | 2.21 (1.63-3.00) | 2.25 (1.62-2.63) | |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Hispanic | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Non-Hispanic white | 1.93 (1.36-2.73) | 1.95 (1.24-3.06) | 1.58 (1.28-1.96) | |
| Non-Hispanic black | 1.18 (0.76-1.83) | 1.09 (0.62-1.91) | 0.90 (0.68-1.20) | |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 0.93 (0.52-1.66) | 1.04 (0.47-2.30) | 1.20 (0.84-1.71) | |
| Non-Hispanic all other | 1.39 (0.37-5.18) | 2.00 (0.57-6.98) | 1.01 (0.44-2.33) | |
| Education | ||||
| Less than high school | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| High school graduate and some college | 3.02 (1.71-5.35) | 4.28 (2.38-7.68) | 2.79 (2.07-3.787) |
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| Bachelor’s degree | 6.88 (3.73-12.72) | 12.66 (6.56-24.44) | 5.89 (4.21-8.25) | |
| Master’s degree or higher | 9.89 (5.00-19.57) |
13.18 (6.55-26.51) | 7.57 (5.11-11.20) |
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| Employment | ||||
| Not employed | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Employed | 0.88 (0.47-1.64) | 1.00 (0.56-1.78) | 1.02 (0.65-1.61) | |
| Income (in US$) | ||||
| Up to 14,999 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| 15,000 to 34,999 | 1.05 (0.73-1.50) | 0.88 (0.59-1.31) | 1.05 (0.85-1.29) | |
| 35,000 to 54,999 | 1.30 (0.90-1.87) | 1.08 (0.71-1.64) | 1.28 (1.01-1.61) | |
| 55,000 to 74,999 | 1.46 (0.89-2.40) | 2.02 (1.24-3.31) | 1.35 (1.01-1.82) | |
| 75,000 and higher | 2.13 (1.34-3.37) | 1.86 (1.09-3.18) | 1.89 (1.39-2.56) | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Not in relationship | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| In relationship | 1.21 (0.94-1.55) | 1.28 (0.95-1.73) | 1.07 (0.91-1.25) | |
| Body mass index | ||||
| Up to 18.49 | 0.90 (0.29-2.79) | 0.34 (0.07-1.74) | 0.87 (0.45-1.70) | |
| 18.5 to 24.9 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| 25-29.9 | 1.10 (0.80-1.52) | 1.12 (0.73-1.73) | 0.87 (0.73-1.03) | |
| 30 and more | 1.01 (0.76-1.35) | 0.94 (0.62-1.41) | 0.90 (0.74-1.11) | |
| Health status | ||||
| Very good to excellent | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Good | 0.95 (0.72-1.25) | 0.99 (0.72-1.36) | 1.06 (0.86-1.31) | |
| Poor to fair | 1.11 (0.73-1.70) | 0.93 (0.61-1.4) | 1.31 (0.87-1.98) | |
aMCCs: multiple chronic conditions.
bOR: odds ratio.