Table 4.

Factors associated with discussing online information with medical providers (n=1035)^a,b.

Variable		Full model				Reduced model
		β (SE)	P value	ORc (95% CI)	β (SE)		P value	OR (95% CI)
Looked on the internet for health information
	Both	—d	—	1	—		—	1
	Only about medical treatments and procedures	−.35 (0.22)	.11	0.7 (0.45-1.09)	−.37 (0.22)		.09	0.69 (0.45-1.06)
	Only about specific diseases of medical problems	−.6 (0.18)	.001	0.55 (0.39-0.79)	−.65 (0.18)		<.001	0.52 (0.37-0.74)
Age		0 (0.01)	.77	1 (0.99-1.02)	N/Ae		N/A	N/A
Race or ethnicity
	African American	—	—	1	—		—	1
	Hispanic	.36 (0.14)	.01	1.43 (1.09-1.87)	.35 (0.13)		.01	1.41 (1.09-1.83)
Education
	High school or less	—	—	1	N/A		N/A	N/A
	Some college or 2-year degree	.23 (0.19)	.24	1.25 (0.86-1.83)	N/A		N/A	N/A
	4-year degree or more	.17 (0.2)	.39	1.19 (0.8-1.76)	N/A		N/A	N/A
Marital status
	Married or partnered	—	—	1	N/A		N/A	N/A
	Never married	−.11 (0.18)	.56	0.9 (0.63-1.28)	N/A		N/A	N/A
	Divorced or separated	−.13 (0.19)	.51	0.88 (0.61-1.28)	N/A		N/A	N/A
	Widowed	−.06 (0.34)	.86	0.94 (0.49-1.82)	N/A		N/A	N/A
Persons living in household (including self)		0 (0.05)	.99	1 (0.91-1.1)	N/A		N/A	N/A
Number of chronic conditions		.01 (0.02)	.73	1.01 (0.96-1.06)	N/A		N/A	N/A
Number of medications taken daily		.11 90.04)	.003	1.12 (1.04-1.21)	.12 (0.04)		.001	1.13 (1.05-1.21)
General health status		.1 (0.09)	.26	1.1 (0.93-1.31)	.15 (0.08)		.07	1.16 (0.99-1.35)
Get the help or support needed
	Never or rarely or occasionally	—	—	1	N/A		N/A	N/A
	Frequently or always	.21 (0.15)	.16	1.23 (0.92-1.65)	N/A		N/A	N/A
Disease self-management efficacy		.02 (0.03)	.43	1.02 (0.97-1.08)	N/A		N/A	N/A
Barriers to self-care		.04 (0.02)	.1	1.04 (0.99-1.09)	.04 (0.02)		.04	1.04 (1-1.08)
Health care frustrations		.04 (0.03)	.11	1.04 (0.99-1.09)	N/A		N/A	N/A
Sources of technology use in past 2 weeks		.2 (0.09)	.02	1.22 (1.03-1.45)	.22 (0.09)		.01	1.24 (1.05-1.46)
Perceived reliability of information received on internet about health or medical conditions		.15 (0.1)	.15	1.16 (0.95-1.41)	N/A		N/A	N/A
Ever attend program to prevent or manage chronic illness in past year
	No	—	—	1	—		—	1
	Yes	.7 (0.16)	<.001	2.01 (1.46-2.77)	.78 (0.16)		<.001	2.19 (1.61-2.98)

^aNagelkerke R²=0.112 for full model; Nagelkerke R²=0.101 (10 iterations) for reduced model.

^bThe same dependent variable and referent category is used for the full and reduced models.

^cOR: odds ratio.

^dNot available; referent category for independent variables.

^eN/A: not applicable.