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. 2020 Jun 3;22(6):e17294. doi: 10.2196/17294

Table 4.

Association of any health information technology use with psychological distress: logistic regression results.

Variablea Mild/moderate or serious vs no distress, aORb (95% CI)
Any health information technology use 0.62 (0.43-0.90)c
Vision impairment vs no impairment 1.84 (1.36-2.49)d
Blindness vs no blindness 1.44 (0.83-2.51)
Age group (vs 65-74 years)

75-84 0.53 (0.38-0.74)d

≥85 0.46 (0.31-0.70)d
Female vs male 1.40 (1.02-1.91)c
Race/ethnicity (vs non-Hispanic white)

Non-Hispanic black 0.61 (0.39-0.93)c

Hispanic 1.10 (0.68-1.76)

Non-Hispanic Asian 1.18 (0.61-2.28)

Other 0.76 (0.37-1.56)
Not married vs married 1.40 (1.04-190)c
College degree vs no degree 0.60 (0.39-0.92)c
Family income (vs <200% of the poverty threshold)

200-399 1.09 (0.76-1.55)

≥400+ 0.95 (0.65-1.38)

Missing 0.74 (0.43-1.28)
Number of medical conditions 1.15 (1.05-1.26)e
Hearing impairment vs no impairment 1.90 (1.38-2.61)d
Medicaid vs no Medicaid 1.18 (0.79-1.75)
Private HIf vs no private HI 0.87 (0.63-1.20)
Military HI vs no military HI 0.68 (0.41-1.15)
Hospitalized vs not hospitalized 1.10 (0.78-1.56)
Received care ≥10 times vs received no/less care 1.30 (0.97-1.74)
Saw/talked to a general doctor vs did not see/talk 1.40 (0.89-2.20)
Saw/talked to an eye doctor vs did not see/talk 0.80 (0.59-1.07)
Saw/talked to a medical specialist vs did not see/talk 0.91 (0.68-1.22)
Saw/talked to a physical/occupational therapist vs did not see/talk 1.01 (0.73-1.39)
Saw/talked to a mental health professional vs did not see/talk 3.83 (2.44-5.99)d

aModel statistics: N=2809, design df=885, F (27, 859)=6.40, P value <.001.

baOR: adjusted odds ratio.

cP<.05.

dP<.001.

eP<.01.

fHI: health insurance.