Table 7.
Ordinal logistic regression: association between online health information–seeking behaviors and hypertension medication adherence (n=825).
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β (SE) | 95% CI | P | β (SE) | 95% CI | P | β (SE) | 95% CI | P | |
| Demographic and situational factors |
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Immigrant statusd | 1.31 (0.53) | 0.27, 2.34 | .01 | 0.89 (0.57) | –0.23, 2.00 | .15 | 0.90 (0.57) | –0.22, 2.02 | .12 |
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Age | –0.29 (0.12) | –0.51,–0.06 | .01 | –0.28 (0.13) | –0.52, –0.03 | .03 | –0.27 (0.13) | –0.51, –0.02 | .04 |
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General health statuse | 0.33 (0.14) | 0.05, 0.61 | .02 | 0.22 (0.15) | –0.08, 0.52 | .15 | 0.24 (0.16) | –0.01, 0.54 | .13 |
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Education level | –0.40 (0.15) | –0.69,–0.11 | .01 | –0.55 (0.16) | –0.87, –0.23 | .001 | –0.58 (0.17) c | –0.90, –0.25 | <.001 |
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Health literacy |
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–0.32 (0.15) | –0.61,–0.03 | .03 | –0.32 (0.15) | –0.62, –0.03 | .03 |
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SNS membershipe |
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0.44 (0.29) | –0.14, –1.00 | .13 | 0.41 (0.29) | –0.17, 0.98 | .17 |
| Online health information–seeking behaviorse |
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–0.64 (0.40) | –1.42, 0.14 | .11 | |
a Adjusted R 2 =.03, P<.001.
b Adjusted R 2 =.04, P<.001.
c Adjusted R 2 =.05, P=.
d Immigrant status was coded as 0=foreign born or 1=US born.
e Coded as 0=no or 1=yes.