Table 1.
Participant baseline characteristics (N=41).
| Characteristics | Values | |||
| Demographics | ||||
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Age (years), mean (SD) | 51 (12) | ||
| Participants, n (%) | ||||
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Females | 31 (76) | ||
| Technology use, n (%) | ||||
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Smartphone operating system | |||
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Apple operating system | 17 (41) | |
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Android operating system | 23 (56) | |
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Missing | 1 (2) | |
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Average use of phone | |||
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Twice or more per day | 40 (98) | |
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Nearly daily or daily | 1 (2) | |
| Comfort sharing health information, n (%) | ||||
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Discusses health topics on the web | 12 (29) | ||
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Discusses personal health on the web | 11 (27) | ||
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How much health information was shared with friends or family? | |||
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None | 4 (10) | |
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A little | 9 (22) | |
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Some | 6 (15) | |
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A lot | 22 (54) | |
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How many friends or family share health information? | |||
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None | 1 (2) | |
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1-5 | 18 (44) | |
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5-10 | 14 (34) | |
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10-15 | 4 (10) | |
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>15 | 4 (10) | |
| Health behaviors, n (%) | ||||
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Set a health goal within last month | 30 (73) | ||
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Currently tracking health | 31 (76) | ||
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Methods have used to track health | |||
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Uses technology to track health (eg, phone app, eHealth tracker, and patient portal) | 18 (44) | |
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Tracks health manually (eg, health journal) | 16 (39) | |
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Relied on friends or family to accomplish the health goal in previous year | 28 (68) | ||