Table 3.
Logistic regression model of email communication between patients who reported being diagnosed with cancer and health care provider grouped by rural/urban status based on responses from the Health Information National Trends Survey (n=2058) in the years 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2013, and 2017. Adjusted for gender, age, race/ethnicity, education, and income.
| Characteristic | Odds ratio (95% CI) | P value | |
| Residential area |
|
.009 | |
|
|
Urban | Refa |
|
|
|
Rural | 0.52 (0.32-0.84) |
|
| Sex |
|
.22 | |
|
|
Female | Ref |
|
|
|
Male | 1.20 (0.89-1.61) |
|
| Age in years |
|
.03 | |
|
|
18-34 | Ref |
|
|
|
35-49 | 0.33 (0.14-0.77) |
|
|
|
50-64 | 0.39 (0.17-0.88) |
|
|
|
65-74 | 0.26 (0.11-0.61) |
|
|
|
≥75 | 0.25 (0.10-0.64) |
|
| Race/ethnicity |
|
.97 | |
|
|
Non-Hispanic white | Ref |
|
|
|
Hispanic | 0.86 (0.33-2.24) |
|
|
|
Non-Hispanic black | 0.91 (0.42-2.01) |
|
|
|
Non-Hispanic other | 1.13 (0.62-2.05) |
|
| Education |
|
.002 | |
|
|
Less than high school | Ref |
|
|
|
High school graduate | 1.06 (0.35-3.18) |
|
|
|
Some college | 2.61 (0.90-7.51) |
|
|
|
College graduate | 2.60 (0.87-7.77) |
|
| Income |
|
.10 | |
|
|
<$20,000 | Ref |
|
|
|
$20,000-<$35,000 | 0.88 (0.45-1.72) |
|
|
|
$35,000-<$50,000 | 0.95 (0.49-1.82) |
|
|
|
$50,000-<$75,000 | 1.23 (0.64-2.37) |
|
|
|
$75,000+ | 2.01 (0.97-4.14) |
|
| Survey year |
|
<.001 | |
|
|
2003 | Ref |
|
|
|
2005 | 1.57 (0.96-2.57) |
|
|
|
2008 | 1.95 (1.12-3.40) |
|
|
|
2011 | 3.02 (1.68-5.44) |
|
|
|
2013 | 7.78 (4.51-13.41) |
|
|
|
2017 | 8.45 (5.15-13.83) |
|
aRef: reference.