Table 4.
Associations of using electronic health "sometimes" or "often" in people with type 2 diabetes.
| Characteristics | Apps (n=478), ORa (95% CI)b | Search engines (n=479), OR (95% CI)b | Social media (n=480), OR (95% CI)b | Video services (n=476), OR (95% CI)b | |
| Gender | |||||
| Femalec | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Male | 0.92 (0.63-1.36) | 0.54 (0.34-0.87) | 0.62 (0.41-0.94) | 0.72 (0.40-1.28) | |
| Age | |||||
| 18-39 yearsc | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| 40-59 years | 0.83 (0.23-2.96) | 1.17 (0.21-6.37) | 1.11 (0.30-4.12) | 0.88 (0.16-4.70) | |
| 60+ years | 0.83 (0.24-2.91) | 0.86 (0.16-4.54) | 0.77 (0.21-2.82) | 0.58 (0.11-3.06) | |
| Education | |||||
| Low educationc (primary/part of secondary school) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Medium education (completed secondary school) | 1.29 (0.71-2.35) | 1.74 (0.92-3.29) | 1.06 (0.56-2.04) | 0.69 (0.27-1.74) | |
| High education (college/university, <4 years) | 1.42 (0.76-2.63) | 2.17 (1.11-4.26) | 1.05 (0.54-2.05) | 1.18 (0.48-2.91) | |
| Highest education (college/university, 4 years or more) | 1.28 (0.68-2.43) | 3.30 (1.58-6.89) | 0.84 (0.42-1.69) | 0.91 (0.35-2.38) | |
| Household income | |||||
| Low incomec (NOK <350,000) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Medium income (NOK 351,000-750,000) | 1.66 (0.84-3.26) | 1.11 (0.52-2.33) | 1.20 (0.58-2.50) | 1.13 (0.39-3.21) | |
| High income (NOK 751,000 or more) | 2.06 (1.02-4.19) | 2.25 (0.99-5.11) | 1.15 (0.53-2.46) | 0.92 (0.31-2.78) | |
| Self-rated health | |||||
| Excellent healthc | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good health | 1.11 (0.62-1.97) | 1.42 (0.74-2.74) | 1.08 (0.57-2.05) | 1.11 (0.43-2.89) | |
| Fair health | 1.20 (0.64-2.23) | 1.56 (0.77-3.19) | 1.37 (0.69-2.70) | 1.75 (0.66-4.64) | |
| Bad/very bad health | 1.44 (0.66-3.18) | 2.73 (1.02-7.31) | 1.06 (0.45-2.51) | 1.13 (0.31-4.06) | |
aOR: odds ratio.
bStatistically significant findings are marked in italics.
cReference groups.