TABLE 1.
Health Information Communication Preferences of Injured Trauma Survivors (N=121)
| Information Source | Information about upcoming appointments |
Information about medication instructions |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Prefer this source %(n) a |
Prefer this as primary source %(n) a,b,c |
Prefer this source %(n) a |
Prefer this as primary source %(n) a,b,c |
Concern with this source %(n) a |
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| Phone Call | 89.2(107) | 44.2(53) | 84.3(102) | 33.1(40) | 15.7(19) |
| 53.3(64) | 16.7(20) | 51.2(62) | 16.5(20) | 42.1(51) | |
| Text Message | 47.9(58) | 10.8(13) | 32.2(39) | 5.8(7) | 40.5(49) |
| Internet Website | 26.4(32) | 1.7(2) | 32.2(39) | 6.6(8) | 38.0(46) |
| Social Networking | 16.5(20) | 4.2(5) | 12.4(15) | 1.7(2) | 69.4(84) |
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| Postal Mail | 74.4(90) | 13.3(6) | — | — | — |
| Card/Brochure | 57.0(69) | 7.5(9) | 70.2(85) | 14.9(18) | — |
| Provider Visit | 20.7(25) | 1.7(2) | 67.8(82) | 18.2(22) | — |
| DVD/Video | — | — | 24.8(30) | 0.8(1) | — |
%(n) may not equal 100(121):
a
Patients could express more than one preference.
b
Patients may have preferences even if they do not want to receive information from a specific source.
c
Not all patients responded to all questions.