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. 2019 Oct 15;14:39. doi: 10.1186/s13722-019-0167-z

Table 5.

Format preference (N = 1395)

Number of participants
n (%)
myTAPSa preferred Interviewer-administered format preferred
Agreeb
n (%)
Pearson’s
Chi squared test
Logistic regression
adjusted odds ratioc
[95% confidence interval]
Agreeb
n (%)
Pearson’s Chi squared test Logistic regression
adjusted odds ratioc
[95% confidence interval]
All participants 1395 (100) 383 (27.5) 277 (19.9)
Gender
 Women 805 (57.7) 233 (28.9) 2.12 1.29 [1.00; 1.66]* 145 (18.0) 4.07* 0.76 [0.58; 1.01]
 Men or other 590 (42.3) 150 (25.4 132 (22.4)
Age
 Younger participants (18–25) 174 (12.5) 41 (23.6) 1.51 0.68 [0.47; 1.00] 37 (21.3) 0.25 1.25 [0.83; 1.88]
 Participants > 25 1221 (87.5) 342 (28.0) 240 (19.7)
 Older participants (> 65) 109 (7.8) 20 (18.4) 4.92* 0.62 [0.37; 1.04] 26 (23.9) 1.19 1.15 [0.75; 1.72]
 Participants < 65 1286 (92.2) 363 (28.2) 251 (19.5)
Race
 Black/African American 734 (52.6) 210 (28.6) 1.04 1.12 [0.88; 1.43] 140 (19.1) 3.03 0.77 [0.58; 1.02]
 Non-Black/African American 661 (47.4) 173 (26.2) 137 (20.7)
Ethnicity
 Hispanic 154 (11.0) 37 (24.0) 1.02 0.89 [0.60; 1.34] 38 (24.7) 2.53 1.14 [0.75; 1.73]
 Non-Hispanic 1241 (89.0) 346 (27.9) 239 (19.3)
Education level
 Less than high school (HS) 229 (16.4) 43 (18.8) 10.36** 0.56 [0.39; 0.80]** 81 (35.4) 41.44*** 2.75 [2.00; 3.78]***
 HS level or higher 1166 (83.6) 340 (29.2) 196 (16.8)
Alcohol use
 Screened positived 596 (42.7) 174 (29.2) 1.58 1.07 [0.83; 1.38] 112 (18.8) 0.74 0.87 [0.65; 1.16]
 Screened negative 799 (57.3) 209 (26.2) 165 (20.7)
Any drug usee
 Screened positived 415 (29.8) 133 (32.1) 6.26* 1.43 [1.09; 1.88]** 83 (20.0) 0.01 0.98 [0.72; 1.34]
 Screened negative 980 (70.3) 250 (25.5) 194 (19.8)

Included in this analysis were individuals who gave concordant answers regarding format preference; 605 individuals with non-concordant answers were excluded

aElectronic self-administered format of the tobacco, alcohol, prescription medication, and other substance use (TAPS)

bIncludes responses of “agree” and “strongly agree”

cLogistic regression models controlled for all covariates included in Table 4 (age, education level, race, ethnicity, sex, substance use (alcohol, and any drug use)

dScreened positive for unhealthy use on myTAPS-1

eIllicit drug and/or non-medical prescription drug use

*p-value < 0.05, **p-value < 0.01, *** pvalue < 0.001