Table 1.
Patient sociodemographic characteristics and descriptive statistics by health care system.
| Variables | Participants, n (%)a | P value | ||||||||
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Hospital outpatient department (n=343) | Community clinic (n=172) | Total (N=515) |
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| Total | 343 (66.6) | 172 (33.4) | 515 (100) | N/Ab | ||||||
| Sex | ||||||||||
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Male | 138 (40.2) | 91 (52.9) | 229 (44.5) | .006c | |||||
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Female | 205 (59.8) | 81 (47.1) | 286 (55.5) |
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| Age range (years) | ||||||||||
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≤39 | 133 (38.8) | 82 (47.7) | 215 (41.7) | .07 | |||||
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40-59 | 169 (49.3) | 78 (45.3) | 247 (48.0) |
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≥60 | 41 (12.0) | 12 (7.0) | 53 (10.3) |
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| Education level | ||||||||||
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High school or equivalent | 118 (34.4) | 63 (36.6) | 181 (35.1) | .88 | |||||
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Bachelor’s degree or equivalent | 172 (50.1) | 83 (48.3) | 255 (49.5) |
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Master’s degree, PhD, or equivalent | 53 (15.5) | 26 (15.1) | 79 (15.3) |
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| Marital status | ||||||||||
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Single | 54 (15.7) | 34 (19.8) | 88 (17.1) | .47 | |||||
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Married | 260 (75.8) | 126 (73.3) | 386 (75.0) |
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Others (widowed or divorced) | 29 (8.5) | 12 (7.0) | 41 (8.0) |
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| Past experience with telemedicine | ||||||||||
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Never used | 209 (60.9) | 97 (56.4) | 306 (59.4) | .32 | |||||
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Used | 134 (39.1) | 75 (43.6) | 209 (40.6) |
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| Modality | ||||||||||
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Audio consultation | 311 (90.7) | 163 (94.8) | 474 (92.0) | .11 | |||||
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Video consultation | 32 (9.3) | 9 (5.2) | 41 (8.0) |
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| Employment status | ||||||||||
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Employed | 224 (65.3) | 129 (75.0) | 353 (68.5) | .03 | |||||
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Unemployed | 119 (34.7) | 43 (25.0) | 162 (31.5) |
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| Distance to health center (minutes) | ||||||||||
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<30 | 265 (77.3) | 140 (81.4) | 405 (78.6) | .28 | |||||
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>30 | 78 (22.7) | 32 (18.6) | 110 (21.4) |
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aPercentages in the “Total” row are based on the total number of participants (N=515), while percentages in all other rows are based on the total values in their respective column headings.
bN/A: not applicable; a statistical test was not performed on the total group.
cThe P value for each group of variables is reported in the top row of each group.