Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for the 3 tracking groups: nontrackers, memory trackers, and tool trackers (the scale of having sufficient information to manage one’s health ranges from 1 (strongly disagree that one has sufficient information to manage their health) to 4 (strongly agree that one has sufficient information to manage their health) and the score of one’s ability to actively engage with health care providers ranges from 1 (cannot actively engage with health care providers) to 5 (very easy to actively engage with health care providers), with higher scores indicating greater health literacy; N=109).
| Participants’ information | Total or overall mean values | Nontrackers (n=14; 12.8%) | Memory trackers (n=38; 34.9%) | Tool trackers (n=57; 52.3%) | |
| Age, years; mean (SD) | 21.0 (3.82) | 20.0 (2.70) | 20.5 (3.92) | 21.0 (4.70) | |
| Gender, n (%) | |||||
| Female | 86 (78.9) | 11 (78.6) | 27 (71.1) | 48 (84.2) | |
| Male | 23 (21.1) | 3 (21.4) | 11 (28.95) | 9 (15.8) | |
| Health status, n (%) | |||||
| Excellent | 13 (11.9) | 2 (14.3) | 7 (18.4) | 4 (7.0) | |
| Very good | 27 (24.8) | 2 (14.3) | 7 (18.4) | 18 (31.6) | |
| Good | 50 (45.9) | 7 (50.0) | 17 (44.7) | 26 (45.6) | |
| Fair | 18 (16.5) | 3 (21.4) | 6 (15.8) | 9 (15.8) | |
| Poor | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Reason for visit, n (%) | |||||
| Inquiry or examination | 65 (59.6) | 8 (57.1) | 25 (65.8) | 32 (56.1) | |
| Follow-up visit | 22 (20.2) | 2 (14.3) | 7 (18.4) | 13 (22.8) | |
| Regular checkup | 18 (16.5) | 3 (21.4) | 5 (13.2) | 10 (17.5) | |
| Other | 4 (3.7) | 1 (7.1) | 1 (2.6) | 2 (3.5) | |
| Number of data types tracked, mean (SD) | 3.46 (2.3) | 0 (0) | 3.53 (2.0) | 4.26 (2.1) | |
| Was data shared during the appointment? n (%) | |||||
| No | 16 (14.7) | 3 (21.4) | 5 (13.2) | 8 (14.0) | |
| Yes | 93 (85.3) | 11 (78.6) | 33 (86.8) | 49 (85.96) | |
| Number of data types shared, mean (SD) | 2.50 (2.01) | 2.64 (2.47) | 2.21 (1.38) | 2.67 (1.95) | |
| Likely to share data with clinician in the future? n (%) | |||||
| Very likely | 61 (56.0) | 11 (78.6) | 22 (57.9) | 28 (49.1) | |
| Somewhat likely | 31 (28.4) | 0 (0.0) | 13 (34.2) | 18 (31.6) | |
| Neutral | 11 (10.1) | 2 (14.3) | 1 (2.6) | 8 (14.0) | |
| Somewhat unlikely | 3 (2.8) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.6) | 2 (3.5) | |
| Very unlikely | 3 (2.8) | 1 (7.1) | 1 (2.6) | 1 (1.8) | |
| Health literacy scores, mean (SD) | |||||
| HSIa (Cronbach α=.86) | 3.08 (0.53) | 3.11 (0.43) | 2.97 (0.57) | 2.97 (0.58) | |
| AEb (Cronbach α=.88) | 4.16 (0.55) | 4.20 (0.54) | 4.16 (0.53) | 4.15 (0.61) | |
aHSI: having sufficient information to manage one’s health.
bAE: the ability to actively engage with health care providers.