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. 2019 Oct 1;21(10):e14407. doi: 10.2196/14407

Table 2.

Patterns of website use.

Website use variables Older patients (n=106) Younger patients (n=126) All patients (n=232)
Time spent on website (mm:ss), mean (SD) 34:27 (32:09) 35:00 (33:42) 34:45 (32:56)

Mode-tailored (31.9%, n=74) 41:35 (40:55) 44:14 (43:01) 43:07 (41:53)

Text-only (22.8%, n=53) 30:25 (39:34) 31:31 (22:11) 30:59 (25:49)

Text with images (23.3%, n=54) 34:09 (30:34) 33:35 (35:23) 33:52 (32:51)

Text with video (23.0%, n=51) 29:42 (21:55) 25:33 (20:15) 26:26 (20:55)
Web pages, n (%)

The GIOCAa-day 90 (84.9) 121 (96) 211 (90.9)

Preparing for the GIOCA-day 84 (79.2) 117 (92.9) 201 (86.6)

Information about cancer types 84 (79.2) 103 (81.7) 187 (80.6)

Diagnostic tests 49 (46.2) 45 (35.7) 94 (40.5)

When to contact the hospital 62 (58.5) 89 (70.6) 151 (65.1)

Daily life recommendations 65 (61.3) 91 (72.2) 156 (67.2)

Additional relevant websites 23 (21.7) 35 (27.8) 58 (25.0)

Frequently asked questions 48 (45.3) 64 (50.8) 112 (48.3)

Medical specialists at GIOCA 23 (21.7) 23 (18.3) 46 (19.8)

Contact information 31 (29.2) 32 (25.4) 63 (27.2)
Watched at least one videob, n (%) 16 (29.6) 25 (35.2) 41 (32.8)

Mode-tailored 9 (29.0) 12 (27.9) 21 (28.4)

Text with video 7 (30.4) 13 (46.4) 20 (39.2)
Number of videos watchedc, n (%) 2.50d (2.50) 2.24e (1.30) 2.34d (1.84)

Mode-tailored 3.00d (3.28) 2.50e (1.57) 2.71d (2.39)

Text with video 1.86f (0.69) 2.00g (1.00) 1.95g (0.89)
Number of mode actionsh, mean (SD) 2.97 (7.27) 2.72 (6.26) 2.84 (6.72)
Time until first mode (mm:ss)h, mean (SD) 01:00 (00:48) 01:25 (02:45) 01:15 (02:10)

First mode ≤1 min (%) 64.5 67.4 66.2

First mode ≤2 min (%) 87.1 86 86.5

First mode ≤4 min (%) 100 95.3 97.3
First mode chosenb,h, n (%)

Text 27 (87.1) 32 (74.4) 59 (79.7)

Illustrations 4 (12.9) 6 (14.0) 10 (13.5)

Video 0 (0.0) 5 (11.6) 5 (6.8)
Mode combinationsb,h, n (%)

All 3 modes 23 (74.2) 34 (79.1) 57 (77.0)

Text and illustrations 8 (25.8) 4 (9.3) 12 (16.2)

Text and video 0 (0.0) 1 (2.3) 1 (1.4)

Text only 0 (0.0) 4 (9.3) 4 (5.4)

aGIOCA: Gastro-Intestinal Oncological Centre Amsterdam

bOnly applicable to patients viewing the mode-tailored (n=74) and text with video website (n=51).

cOnly includes patients who watched at least one video.

dRange: 1-11.

eRange: 1-6.

fRange: 1-3.

gRange: 1-4.

hOnly applicable to patients viewing the mode-tailored website (n=74).