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 |