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. 2020 Sep 21;8(9):e17983. doi: 10.2196/17983

Table 2.

Sociodemographic characteristics and experience (information technology and medical device) of the study cohort.

Variable Value (N=149), n (%) or mean (SD)
Sociodemographic characteristics

Age (years) 20.72 (1.65)

Gender


Male 37 (24.8%)


Female 112 (75.2%)

Education level


First year 2 (1.3%)


Second year 88 (59.1%)


Third year 59 (39.6%)

Information technology experience


High 59 (43.1%)


Medium 47 (34.3%)


Low 31 (22.6%)

Comfort with computer use


High 88 (59.0%)


Medium 60 (40.3%)


Low 1 (0.7%)

Frequency of computer use


Every day (very often) 103 (69.1%)


Several times a week (often) 39 (26.2%)


Once in a while (seldom) 6 (4.0%)


Never 0 (0%)

Comfort with cellphone use


High 120 (80.5%)


Medium 29 (19.5%)


Low 0 (0%)

Frequency of cell phone use


Every day (very often) 125 (83.9%)


Several times a week (often) 19 (12.8%)


Once in a while (seldom) 4 (2.7%)


Never 0 (0%)

Connected device comfort


High 10 (6.7%)


Medium 31 (20.8%)


Low 108 (72.5%)

Frequency of connected device use


Every day (very often) 3 (2.0%)


Several times a week (often) 4 (2.7%)


Once in a while (seldom) 46 (30.9%)


Never 95 (63.8%)
Experience with the use of medical devices

Blood pressure monitor


Yes 86 (57.7%)


No 63 (42.3%)

Pulse oximeter


Yes 20 (13.4%)


No 129 (86.6%)