Table 2.
Frequency of use of computers, mobile phones, and health-related websites. Discrepancies in the number of respondents for some questions relate to an update to the questionnaire during the data collection process (refer to Methods).
| Sociodemographic variable | Computer use: yes | Smartphone: yes | Texting: yes | Use health-related websites: yes | |||||
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n (%) | P value | n (%) | P value | n (%) | P value | n (%) | P value | |
| Age group, in years |
|
<.001 |
|
.001 |
|
<.001 |
|
.01 | |
|
|
50-64 | 77 (95) |
|
52 (65) |
|
75 (96) |
|
59 (77) |
|
|
|
≥65 | 115 (81.6) |
|
65 (46.4) |
|
99 (76.7) |
|
88 (59.9) |
|
| Level of education |
|
<.001 |
|
.002 |
|
.10 |
|
.004 | |
|
|
<Bachelor’s degree | 87 (79.1) |
|
47 (43.1) |
|
83 (81.4) |
|
65 (56.9) |
|
|
|
≥Bachelor’s degree | 103 (94.5) |
|
69 (63.3) |
|
90 (88.2) |
|
81 (75.6) |
|
| Vocational status |
|
.009 |
|
.007 |
|
<.001 |
|
.01 | |
|
|
Workinga | 59 (94) |
|
40 (65) |
|
58 (97) |
|
48 (80) |
|
|
|
Retired | 119 (83.8) |
|
66 (46.5) |
|
101 (77.7) |
|
88 (60.3) |
|
|
|
Otherb | 11 (79) |
|
9 (68) |
|
13 (93) |
|
10 (63) |
|
| Diagnosis |
|
<.001 |
|
.001 |
|
<.001 |
|
.001 | |
|
|
SCIc | 57 (92) |
|
35 (57) |
|
55 (95) |
|
40 (68) |
|
|
|
MCId | 120 (87.6) |
|
76 (55.5) |
|
106 (83.5) |
|
96 (70.6) |
|
|
|
Dementia | 15 (64) |
|
6 (25) |
|
13 (62) |
|
9 (31) |
|
aPart- or full-time gainful employment.
bIncludes individuals who are homemakers (3/14, 20%), full-time students (2/14, 13%), on medical or psychiatric leave of absence (1/14, 6%), discontinued work or study because of illness (1/14, 6%), currently unemployed (5/14, 36%), or other (2/14, 13%).
cSCI: subjective cognitive impairment.
dMCI: mild cognitive impairment.