. 2017 Apr 27;24(6):1160–1164. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocx040

Table 1.

Patient Technology Access and Patient Portal Attitudes

Patient Characteristics	Total	Internet Access		Smartphone Access		Patient Portal Will Strengthen Provider Relationship		Patient Portal Will Improve Overall Quality of care		(Very) Interested in Mobile Patient Portal
	% (n)	% (n)	P-value	% (n)	P-value	% (n)	P-value	% (n)	P-value	% (n)	P-value
All	100 (400)	78 (313)		71 (282)		72 (287)		77 (307)		75 (301)
Age (years)
≤40	64 (255)	92 (234)	<.001^*	85 (218)	<.001^*	69 (177)	.168	79 (201)	.193	82 (209)	<.001^*
>40	36 (145)	54 (79)	<.001^*	44 (64)	<.001^*	76 (110)	.168	73 (106)	.193	63 (92)	<.001^*
Gender
Male	28 (111)	81 (90)	.395	71 (79)	.855	74 (82)	.559	78 (87)	.633	71 (79)	.241
Female	72 (289)	77 (223)	.395	70 (203)	.855	71 (205)	.559	76 (220)	.633	77 (222)	.241
Primary Language
English	46 (185)	92 (171)	<.001^*	83 (153)	<.001^*	72 (134)	.779	76 (141)	.815	79 (147)	.070
Spanish or other¹	54 (215)	66 (142)	<.001^*	60 (129)	<.001^*	71 (153)	.779	77 (166)	.815	72 (154)	.070
Ethnicity
Hispanic/Latino	97 (389)	78 (304)	.771	70 (274)	.870	73 (283)	.008	77 (300)	.296	75 (293)	.844
Non-Hispanic/Latino	3 (11)	82 (9)	.771	73 (8)	.870	36 (4)	.008	64 (7)	.296	73 (8)	.844
Educational Attainment
≤High school	64 (255)	68 (174)	<.001^*	61 (156)	<.001^*	68 (173)	.021	73 (186)	.017	72 (184)	.057
>High school	36 (145)	96 (139)	<.001^*	87 (126)	<.001^*	79 (114)	.021	83 (121)	.017	81 (117)	.057
Annual Family Income
<$10 000	40 (160)	69 (110)	<.001^*	58 (93)	<.001^*	69 (110)	.277	72 (115)	.059	72 (115)	.202
≥$10 000	60 (240)	85 (203)	<.001^*	79 (189)	<.001^*	74 (177)	.277	80 (192)	.059	78 (186)	.202

^*Indicates statistical significance. Bonferroni correction was applied with 6 comparison groups. Findings were considered statistically significant at P < .008.

¹A total of 2 participants reported “Other” as their primary language, with 213 participants reporting “Spanish” as their primary language.