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. 2020 Feb;33(1):66–73. doi: 10.2337/ds18-0082

TABLE 4.

Respondents' Comfort With Technology and Technology-Based Support in 2012 and 2017

Technology/Technology-Based Support Year Overall Respondents <40 Years of Age Respondents ≥40 Years of Age
Proportion Who Are Comfortable or Very Comfortable P Proportion Who Are Comfortable or Very Comfortable P Proportion Who Are Comfortable or Very Comfortable P
Technology in general 2012 0.58 <0.001 0.89 0.86 0.50 0.001
2017 0.78 0.91 0.68
Technology in diabetes 2012 0.60 <0.001 0.87 1.00 0.53 <0.02
2017 0.75 0.87 0.66
E-mail contact from the Diabetes Centre 2012 0.64 0.07 0.81 0.79 0.60 0.69
2017 0.71 0.84 0.62
Web-based diabetes consultation 2012 0.31 0.03 0.53 0.79 0.25 0.09
2017 0.40 0.49 0.34
Online diabetes support group 2012 0.23 0.01 0.36 0.91 0.19 <0.01
2017 0.32 0.34 0.31