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Table 3.

Multinominal Logistic Regression of Barriers to Participating in e-Health Research Studies and Age Group Among African American Women (n=589)

AGE GROUP, BARRIERS	β (SE)	WALD	ODDS RATIO	P
30–50 years old
No interest in research	−0.48 (0.21)	5.27	0.62	0.02^a
No interest in topic	−0.28 (0.21)	1.76	0.76	0.18
Concerns about privacy	0.24 (0.24)	1.00	1.27	0.32
Mistrust of researchers	−0.32 (0.24)	1.86	0.72	0.17
Too busy	−0.60 (0.21)	8.25	0.55	<0.01^a
Research does not target minorities	−0.23 (0.32)	0.52	0.79	0.47
No financial incentives	−0.11 (0.28)	0.15	0.90	0.70
No minority researchers	0.04 (0.34)	0.01	1.04	0.90
No computer or smartphone	0.44 (0.38)	0.77	1.40	0.38
Concerns about data plan	−0.12 (0.34)	0.13	0.89	0.72
Research has no value	1.14 (0.47)	5.75	3.11	0.02^a
No reliable Internet access	−0.28 (0.37)	0.57	0.76	0.45
51+years old
No interest in research	−0.16 (0.24)	0.45	0.85	0.50
No interest in topic	−0.78 (0.26)	9.23	0.46	<0.01^a
Concerns about privacy	0.89 (0.26)	11.50	2.42	<0.001^a
Mistrust of researchers	−0.35 (0.28)	1.64	0.70	0.20
Too busy	−0.64 (0.24)	7.02	0.53	<0.01^a
Research does not target minorities	0.04 (0.36)	0.01	1.04	0.91
No financial incentives	−0.64 (0.37)	2.98	0.53	0.08
No minority researchers	0.37 (0.38)	0.94	1.44	0.33
No computer or smartphone	0.81 (0.41)	3.92	2.38	0.048^a
Concerns about data plan	−1.38 (0.52)	7.00	0.25	<0.01^a
Research has no value	0.96 (0.54)	3.13	2.60	0.08
No reliable Internet access	−0.09 (0.41)	0.05	0.91	0.82

The reference group is 18–29 years old. Model fit: −2 Log Likelihood=606.415, χ²(24)=78.653, p=0.000 (significant difference); pseudo R² by Cox and Snell=0.125 and by Negelkerke=0.142; hit ratio, 76.0%.

^{^a}

P<0.05 indicates a significant difference.

SE, standard error.