Table 5.
Association of Portal Use With Patient Self-rating of Current Health
Variable | β Estimate | Lower Limit of 95% CI | Upper Limit of 95% CI | P | |
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Univariable model | Portal use (yes compared to no) | 0.28 | 0.02 | 0.54 | 0.03 |
Multivariable model | Portal use (yes compared to no) | 0.12 | −0.18 | 0.41 | 0.45 |
Age (y) | 0 | −0.01 | 0.01 | 0.91 | |
Sex (compared to female) | |||||
Male | 0.03 | −0.24 | 0.29 | 0.85 | |
Race (compared to White) | |||||
African American | −0.15 | −0.54 | 0.23 | 0.44 | |
Other | 0.13 | −0.38 | 0.64 | 0.61 | |
Education (compared to ≥HS graduate) | |||||
<HS graduate | 0.01 | −0.86 | 0.88 | 0.98 | |
Income (compared to ≥$50,000) | |||||
<$25,000 | −0.36 | −0.73 | 0 | 0.05 | |
$25,000-<$50,000 | −0.06 | −0.4 | 0.28 | 0.73 | |
Stage (compared to stage 3) | |||||
Stage 1-2 | 0.29 | −0.17 | 0.74 | 0.21 | |
Stage 4-5 | −0.24 | −0.53 | 0.04 | 0.1 |
Note: Linear regression models of univariable and multivariable associations between patient-reported outcomes, portal use, and patient demographics. All models exclude patients who responded “I don’t know” or who did not respond to the portal use question.
Abbreviation: HS, high school.