Table 2.

Factor loading by questionnaire item. Responses on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 indicates strong disagreement, 3 indicates a neutral position, and 5 indicates strong agreement.

Factor / Items (sorted from highest to lowest mean)	Factor Loading	Mean
1. Usefulness of Technology for Functional Support of Health
Computers/Internet are useful…
Communicating with doctors or other health care professionals	.71	2.75 (1.40)
Creating appointment reminders	.87	2.63 (1.46)
Managing Illnesses	.74	2.63 (1.38)
Scheduling appointments	.86	2.49 (1.50)
Creating medication reminders	.88	2.37 (1.35)
2. Importance of Functional support of health
Health activity important to my daily life…   Communication with doctors and health professionals	.74	4.55 (.80)
Managing Illnesses	.77	4.37 (.97)
Scheduling appointments	.80	4.30 (.95)
Creating appointment reminders	.75	4.25 (.90)
Creating medication reminders	.76	3.76 (1.19)
3. Health-Related Information Gathering
Health activity important to my daily life…   Researching general health issues	.72	3.79 (1.04)
Researching medications	.76	3.72 (1.10)
Computers/Internet are useful…   Researching general health issues	.74	3.58 (1.36)
Health activity important to my daily life…   Researching health insurance	.73	3.46 (1.16)
Computers/Internet are useful…   Researching health insurance	.63	2.80 (1.45)
Researching medications	.77	3.33 (1.44)