Table 2.
Weighted, unadjusted population estimates for digital health behaviors of wearable users willing to share data with providers and with family or friends, HINTS 2019a (N=1300).
Characteristic | Users, n (weighted %, SE) | ||||||
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Wearable users (N=1300) | Willing to share data with providers (n=1033b) | Willing to share data with family or friends (n=853c) | ||||
Frequency of wearable use | |||||||
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Lower | 396 (28, 1.69) | 295 (25.84, 2.02) | 237 (26.52, 2.42) | |||
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Higher | 888 (72, 1.69) | 735 (74.16d, 2.02) | 615 (73.48, 2.42) | |||
Use of mHealthe technologies to help communicate with providers | |||||||
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No | 635 (52.07, 2.18) | 482 (47.98, 2.68) | Not examinedf | |||
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Yes | 617 (47.93, 2.18) | 521 (52.02g, 2.68) | Not examinedf | |||
Use social networking sites to share health information | |||||||
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No | 1056 (80.46, 1.75) | 830 (78.51, 2.24) | 670 (77.57, 2.35) | |||
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Yes | 229 (19.54, 1.75) | 192 (21.49h, 2.24) | 174 (22.43i, 2.35) | |||
Participating in an online health community | |||||||
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No | 1143 (88.05, 1.58) | 901 (86.52, 2.08) | 737 (86.7, 2.21) | |||
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Yes | 145 (11.95, 1.58) | 122 (13.48j, 2.08) | 108 (13.3, 2.21) |
aHINTS 2019: Health Information National Trends Survey 5, Cycle 3.
bA total of 18 wearable users had missing data for willingness to share wearable data with providers, therefore the denominator for weighted percentages in this column is 1282.
cA total of 22 wearable users had missing data for willingness to share wearable data with family or friends, therefore the denominator for weighted percentages in this column is 1278.
dχ21=4.27; P=.04.
emHealth: mobile health.
fProvider-specific variables were not examined in the model predicting willingness to share wearable data with family or friends.
gχ21=11.13; P=.002.
hχ21=5.55; P=.02.
iχ21=5.56; P=.02.
jχ21=5.67; P=.02.