Table 1.

Demographic, technology ownership, and technology use characteristics of technology survey respondents with asthma and/or COPD (n=48).

Variables	Asthma or COPD (n=48)	Asthma (n=32)*	COPD (n=16)**	p
Female [n (%)]	29 (60%)	22 (69%)	7 (44%)	0.07
Age, Median [IQR]	48 (34–55)	38 (31–51)	56 (52–61)	<0.001
Race [n (%)]				0.7
Black	37 (77%)	24 (80%)	13 (81%)
White	8 (17%)	5 (17%)	3 (19%)
Other	1 (2%)	1 (3%)	0 (0%)
Device ownership
Smartphone	35 (73%)	28 (88%)	7 (44%)	0.004
Laptop	25 (52%)	19 (59%)	6 (38%)	0.2
Desktop	20 (42%)	13 (41%)	7 (44%)	0.8
Tablet	11 (23%)	9 (28%)	2 (13%)	0.3
Internet Access [n (%)]
Uses the internet at home	37 (77%)	28 (88%)	12 (69%)	0.1
Uses the internet at family’s home	21 (44%)	17 (53%)*	4 (25%)**	0.1
Uses wifi in public spaces	27 (56%)	20 (63%)	7 (44%)	0.2
Has phone data plan	30 (63%)	24 (75%)*	6 (38%)	0.007
Internet Use Frequency [n (%)]***				0.046
Several times per day	29 (60%)	22 (69%)	7 (44%)
About once a day	5 (10%)	0 (0%)	1 (6%)
3–5 days per week	1 (2%)	0 (0%)	1 (6%)
1–2 day per week	3 (6%)	0 (0%)	3 (19%)
Every few weeks	2 (4%)	2 (6%)
Less often than every few weeks	4 (8%)	3 (9%)	1 (6%)
Never	3 (6%)	1 (3%)	2 (13%)
N/A	1 (2%)	0 (0%)	1 (6%)
Willing to use V-TTG™ post-discharge [n (%)]	39 (81%)	27 (84%)	12 (75%)	0.5

^*Data missing for n=2 gender, race; n=9 for internet use at family’s home for asthma; n=1 for data plan

^**Data missing for n=9 for internet use at family’s home

^***Internet use frequency dichotomized into “less than” or “at least” daily use for statistical analysis