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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2019 Mar-Apr;25(2):134–138. doi: 10.1097/SPV.0000000000000668

Table 2.

Ownership of mobile technology among women with pelvic floor disorders

Young1 (N = 50) Proportion (95% Confidence Interval) Middle-Aged2 (N = 89) Proportion (95% Confidence Interval) Older3 (N = 61) Proportion (95% Confidence Interval) p-value4
Do you own…?
Cellular Phone n=50 1.0 (0.93, 1.0) n=89 1.0 (0.96, 1.0) n=57 0.93 (0.84, 0.98) 0.01
Smartphone n=50 (0.93, 1.0) n=87 0.98 (0.92, 1.0) n=46 0.75 (0.63, 0.86) <0.001
Computer n=38 0.76 (0.62, 0.87) n=79 0.89 (0.80, 0.95) n=45 0.74 (0.61, 0.84) 0.04
Tablet Device n=34 0.68 (0.53, 0.80) n=59 0.66 (0.55, 0.76) n=32 0.52 (0.39, 0.65) 0.15
High Speed Internet n=49 0.98 (0.89, 1.0) n=86 0.97 (0.90, 0.99) n=55 0.90 (0.80, 0.96) 0.16
Do you access or perform the following tasks on your mobile device?
E-mail n=49 0.98 (0.89, 1.0) n=83 0.93 (0.86, 0.97) n=46 0.75 (0.63, 0.86) <0.001
Text Messaging n=50 1.0 (0.93, 1.0) n=88 0.99 (0.94, 1.0) n=48 0.79 (0.66, 0.88) <0.001
Take Pictures n=50 1.0 (0.93, 1.0) n=88 0.99 (0.94, 1.0) n=49 0.80 (0.68, 0.89) <0.001
Record Videos n=50 1.0 (0.93, 1.0) n=82 0.92 (0.84, 0.97) n=39 0.64 (0.51, 0.76) <0.001
Send Pictures n=50 1.0 (0.93, 1.0) n=85 0.96 (0.89, 0.99) n=49 0.80 (0.68, 0.89) <0.001
Access Internet n=50 1.0 (0.93, 1.0) n=87 0.98 (0.92, 1.0) n=49 0.80 (0.68, 0.89) <0.001
Video Chat n=45 0.90 (0.78, 0.97) n=68 0.76 (0.66, 0.85) n=28 0.46 (0.33, 0.59) <0.001
Use Mobile “Apps” n=50 1.0 (0.93, 1.0) n=80 0.90 (0.82, 0.95) n=42 0.69 (0.56, 0.80) <0.001
Access Health information n=49 0.98 (0.89, 1.0) n=81 0.91 (0.83, 0.96) n=46 0.75 (0.63, 0.86) 0.001
Track Health information n=39 0.78 (0.64, 0.88) n=56 0.63 (0.52, 0.73) n=12 0.20 (0.11, 0.32) <0.001
1

Young (age < 45),

2

Middle-aged (age ≥45 and <65)

3

Older (aged ≥ 65).

4

p-value < 0.05 is significant, Pearson chi- square or Fisher’s exact tests