Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for survey questions used in indices measuring comfort with sharing health data with third-party commercial companies for patient purposes and comfort with sharing health data with third-party commercial companies for business purposes (N = 1841).
| Frequency (% fairly or very comfortable/fairly or very true) | Mean (SD) | |
|---|---|---|
| Comfort with sharing health data with third-party commercial companies for patient purposes | ||
| How comfortable are you with a third-party commercial company using your DNA and health information to improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer in other patients? | 53.39 | 2.58 (1.05) |
| How comfortable are you with a third-party commercial company developing predictions about how you will respond to a particular cancer treatment? | 49.16 | 2.48 (1.02) |
| The organizations that have my health information and share it can use large amounts of data to improve patient care | 47.80 | 2.56 (0.86) |
| Comfort with sharing health data with third-party commercial companies for patient purposes index (Cronbach’s α = 0.769) | Median: 2.67 | 2.54 (0.81) |
| Comfort with sharing health data with third-party commercial companies for business purposes | ||
| How comfortable are you with a third-party commercial company storing your DNA and health information? | 28.90 | 1.98 (1.01) |
| How comfortable are you with a third-party commercial company sharing predictions about how you will respond to cancer treatment with insurance companies? | 31.02 | 2.00 (1.04) |
| How comfortable are you with a third-party commercial company selling de-identified health information to a pharmaceutical company? | 24.39 | 1.81 (1.01) |
| Comfort with sharing health data with third-party commercial companies for business purposes index (Cronbach’s α = 0.786) | Median: 1.67 | 1.93 (0.85) |
Range of indices: 1 = not comfortable sharing health data with third-party commercial companies; 2 = somewhat comfortable sharing health data with third-party commercial companies; 3 = fairly comfortable sharing health data with third-party commercial companies; 4 = very comfortable sharing data with third-party commercial companies.