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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 11.
Published in final edited form as: Stud Health Technol Inform. 2017;245:131–135.

Table 2.

Acceptance and Use of eHealth/mHealth for Self-Management.

Measure Level n (%, weighted)
Acceptance

Access to the internet or send and receive e-mail Yes 375 (73.9)
No 154 (26.1)

Trust of online cancer information Some/A lot 334 (68.9)
Not at all/A little 146 (31.1)

Inportance of access personal health information electronically Very 347 (67.7)
Somewhat 109 (19.4)
Not at all 62 (12.9)

Having mHealth apps installed in mobile devices Yes 92 (23.4)
No apps 168 (36.2)
No device 232 (40.4)

Interested in exchanging medical information with a HCP electronically Some/Very 210 (44.7)
Not at all/A little 260 (55.3)

Actual Use

Seeking online cancer information in the past 12 months Yes 147 (31.8)
No 218 (41.7)
No access to Internet 154 (26.5)

Access to personal health information online in the last 12 months Yes 126 (29.4)
No 402 (70.6)

Exchanging medical information with a HCP electronically in the past 12 months Yes 133 (29.8)
No 376 (70.2)

Using mHealth apps to achieve a health-related goal such as losing weight, or increasing physical activity Yes 41 (13.0)
No 47 (10.1)
No apps 168 (36.4)
No device 232 (40.5)

Using mHealth apps to make a decision about how to treat an illness or condition Yes 31 (7.6)
No 58 (15.6)
No apps 168 (36.3)
No device 232 (40.5)