Table 1.
Characteristics of the 109,619 individuals registered in the Portuguese personal health record (PHR) according to their use of the system to input information (nonusers vs users).
| Characteristic | Nonusers n (%) |
Users n (%) |
Total n (%) |
|
| Age category (years) | ||||
| <30 | 18,130 (19.90) | 4189 (22.63) | 22,319 (20.36) | |
| 30-40 | 20,157 (22.12) | 5653 (30.55) | 25,810 (23.55) | |
| 40-50 | 17,111 (18.78) | 3601 (19.46) | 20,712 (18.89) | |
| 50- 65 | 20,603 (22.61) | 3198 (17.28) | 23,801 (21.71) | |
| ≥65 | 15,114 (16.59) | 1863 (10.07) | 16,977 (15.49) | |
| Total | 91,115 (83.12) | 18,504 (16.88) | 109,619 (100.00) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 56,585 (62.10) | 9823 (53.09) | 66,408 (60.58) | |
| Male | 34,530 (37.90) | 8681 (46.91) | 43,211 (39.42) | |
| Region | ||||
| Lisbon and Tagus Valley | 39,925 (43.82) | 8414 (45.47) | 48,339 (44.10) | |
| North | 34,486 (37.85) | 6698 (36.20) | 41,184 (37.57) | |
| Other | 16,704 (18.33) | 3392 (18.33) | 20,096 (18.33) | |
| Total | 91,115 (83.12) | 18,504 (16.88) | 109,619 (100.00) | |
| Health problems | ||||
| None | 230 (21.18) | 1238 (14.64) | 1468 (15.38) | |
| 1 | 589 (54.24) | 5058 (59.81) | 5647 (59.17) | |
| 2 | 149 (13.72) | 1017 (12.03) | 1166 (12.22) | |
| ≥3 | 118 (10.87) | 1144 (13.53) | 1262 (13.22) | |
| Total | 1086 (11.38) | 8457 (88.62) | 9543 (100.00) | |
| Medications | ||||
| 0 | 255 (15.74) | 1679 (18.07) | 1934 (17.72) | |
| 1 | 658 (40.62) | 3793 (40.82) | 4451 (40.79) | |
| ≥2 | 707 (43.64) | 3821 (41.12) | 4528 (41.49) | |
| Total | 1620 (14.84) | 9293 (85.16) | 10,913 (100.00) | |