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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 12.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Hum Comput Interact. 2016 Dec 29;33(4):298–312. doi: 10.1080/10447318.2016.1265784

Table 4.

Participant responses to background questions about health management.

Health characteristic Pay attention (% of n=5) Record/log information Information shared with clinicians at clinic visits (% of n=5)
Weight  100% Only one individual logged weight in a notebook 100%*
Blood Pressure  80% Two individuals recorded their blood pressure either using a store-bought blood pressure monitoring system or on paper 100%*
Heart Rate  40% No individual recorded heart rate 100%*
Diet  100% Only one individual logged dietary information on paper 40%
Overall health  60% Two individuals recorded their overall wellbeing either as a mental note or on paper 80%
*

participants reported that these vitals are most often measured and recorded in the patient’s electronic health record during their visit; they are rarely shared outside of the clinical setting.