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. 2018 Jan 23;6(1):e26. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.8619

Table 1.

Participant demographics by user group.

Participant demographics User group

Health app users General app users Nonusers of apps
Sample



Number of participants, n 95 216 265
Age, years



Minimum 61 60 61

Maximum 82 80 90

Mean (SD; years) 66.6 (4.7) 68.2 (5.1) 70.8 (6.1)
Gender



Male, n (%) 54 (56.8) 117 (54.2) 124 (46.8)

Female, n (%) 41 (43.2) 98 (45.8) 141 (53.2)
Education



No education, n (%) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.3)

Low level, n (%) 3 (3.1) 16 (7.4) 37 (14.0)

Average level, n (%) 42 (44.2) 99 (45.8) 140 (52.8)

High level, n (%) 49 (51.6) 95 (44.0) 78 (29.4)

Other, n (%) 1 (1.1) 6 (2.8) 7 (3.5)
Technical readiness



Range (points) 2.17-5 1.67-4.83 2.17-5

Mean (SD; points) 3.7 (0.6) 3.4 (0.6) 2.9 (0.6)
Computer literacy



Range (points) 2-18 3-18  1-18

Mean (SD; points) 27.0 (3.9) 13.5 (3.7) 10.0 (5.1)
Health competence



Range (points) 3.5-15 5-15 3.5-15

Mean (SD; points) 11.3 (2.8) 10.8 (2.6) 10.5 (2.9)