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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 3.

Significant Predictive Factors of Using eHealth Applications for Self-Management PHR (PHR: Personal Health Records, HCP: Health Care Professionals, HS: High School, OR: Odds Ratio).

Factors Seeking Online Cancer Inform Access to PHR Exchanging Medical Inform. with HCP

F-Test F-Test F-Test

OR p OR p OR p
Age (ref: 65+)
F(3,45)=6.1; p<0.001 F(3,45)=2.5; p=0.07 F(3,45)=12.3; p<0.001

18–34 5.74 0.22 2.75 0.47 5.22 0.16
35–49 4.02 0.02 2.72 0.12 5.03 0.01
50–64 2.77 <0.01 2.31 0.01 4.20 <0.01

Education (ref: < High School)
F(2,46)=3.9; p=0.03 F(2,46)=0.2; p=0.80 F(2,46)=3.5; p=0.04

HS/Some College 5.95 0.01 1.55 0.54 5.48 0.02
College+ 6.71 <0.01 1.63 0.50 5.99 0.01

Marital Status (ref: Not Married)
F(1,47)=12.9; p<0.001 F(1,47)=5.4; p=0.02 F(1,47)=8.0; p=0.007

Married 2.99 <0.01 2.65 0.02 2.28 <0.01

Employment (ref: Un-employed)
F(1,47)=6.9; p=0.01 F(1,47)=5.9; p=0.02 F(1,47) =4.3; p=0.04

Employed 2.53 0.01 2.42 0.02 2.09 0.04

Income (ref: < $50,000)
F(1,47)=21.0; p<0.001 F(1,47)=15.3; p<0.001 F(1,47)=31.2; p<0.001

$50,000+ 3.60 <0.01 4.53 <0.01 4.76 <0.01

Cancer Type (ref: Others)
F(2,46) =5.9; p=0.005 F(2,46)=0.5; p=0.61 F(2,46) =0.8; p=0.47

Breast 2.08 0.05 1.54 0.32 1.62 0.25
Prostate 0.35 0.04 1.05 0.93 0.87 0.81

Years since Diagnosis (ref: < 1 Year)
F(2,46)=6.01; p=.005 F(2,46)=1.37; p=0.27 F(2,46)=3.78; p=0.03

2–5 Years 0.26 0.01 0.55 0.18 0.26 0.02
> 5 Years 0.18 <0.01 0.53 0.12 0.29 0.01

Time of Last Treatment (ref: Still on Treatment)
F(3,45) =7.35; p<0.001 F(3,45)=2.01; p=0.13 F(3,45)=1.23; p=0.31

< 1 Year 1.52 0.47 3.03 0.09 0.67 0.54
1–5 Years 0.24 <0.01 0.84 0.76 0.38 0.11
5+ Years 0.23 <0.01 1.03 0.95 0.41 0.09

Beliefs that Everything Causes Cancer (Ref: Agree)
F(1,47)=4.66; p=0.04 F(1,47)=0.45; p=0.50 F(1,47)=0.05; p=0.81

Disagree 0.54 0.04 0.81 0.50 0.93 0.82