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. 2022 Feb 18;24(2):e25597. doi: 10.2196/25597

Table 1.

Sociodemographic and health characteristics of the representative sample and subgroups of patients and public participants.

Sociodemographic and health characteristics Total
(N=2005), n (%)
Patientsa
(n=767), n (%)
Public participants
(n=1238), n (%)
Sex

Female 1050 (52.4) 396 (51.6) 654 (52.8)

Male 955 (47.6) 371 (48.4) 584 (47.2)
Age (years)

18-34 519 (25.9) 116 (15.1) 403 (32.6)

35-49 470 (23.4) 128 (16.7) 342 (27.6)

50-64 601 (30) 285 (37.2) 316 (25.5)

>65 415 (20.7) 238 (31) 177 (14.3)
Highest level of education

Secondary school or under 75 (4.7) 43 (5.6) 52 (4.2)

Youth training 386 (19.3) 175(22.9) 210 (16.9)

High school graduate 471 (23.5) 172 (22.3) 299 (24.1)

Two-year university degree 458 (22.8) 174 (22.7) 284 (22.9)

Bachelor’s degree (BA, BS) 341 (17) 122 (15.9) 219 (17.7)

Master’s degree or beyond 254 (12.7) 80 (10.4) 174 (14.1)
Socioprofessional category

Farmers 18 (0.9) 6 (0.8) 12 (1)

Self-employed professional workers 74 (3.7) 28 (3.6) 46 (3.7)

Senior managers 198 (9.9) 58 (7.6) 141 (11.4)

Technicians and associate professionals 305 (15.2) 68 (8.9) 236 (19.1)

Employees 349 (17.4) 89 (11.6) 260 (21)

Manual workers 265 (13.2) 76 (9.9) 188 (15.2)

Retired people 559 (27.9) 322 (42) 237 (19.1)

Unemployed 163 (8.1) 103 (13.4) 61 (4.9)

Student 74 (3.7) 17 (2.2) 57 (4.6)
Population density of the residential area (inhabitants)

Rural city (<2000) 451 (22.5) 171 (22.3) 280 (22.6)

2000-19,999 360 (18) 138 (18) 211 (17)

20,000-99,999 276 (13.8) 109 (14.2) 161 (13)

≥100,000 605 (30.2) 229 (29.9) 377 (30.5)

Paris agglomeration 329 (16.4) 120 (15.6) 209 (16.9)
Number of visits to a doctor in the past year

>10 times 208 (10.4) 140 (18.3) 68 (5.5)

5-10 times 590 (29.4) 336 (43.8) 254 (20.5)

<5 times 1046 (52.2) 286 (37.3) 759 (61.3)

Have not seen a doctor this year 152 (7.6) 5 (0.6) 148 (12)

Do not wish to answer 9 (0.4) 0 (0) 9 (0.7)
Ease to talk about the treatment with the doctor (eg, adherence, adverse events)

Easy 1767 (88.1) 696 (90.8) 1071 (86.5)

Difficult 214 (10.7) 70 (9.1) 144 (11.6)

Do not wish to answer 24 (1.2) 1 (0.1) 23 (1.9)
Skipped the long-term treatment during the past month

Never N/Ab 496 (64.7) N/A

Once a week N/A 198 (25.8) N/A

Several times a week N/A 54 (7) N/A

Almost every day N/A 15 (1.9) N/A

Never started the prescribed treatment N/A 3 (0.4) N/A

Do not wish to answer N/A 2 (0.2) N/A
Checking health settings recorded by connected devices

Daily 220 (11) 99 (12.9) 120 (9.7)

Weekly 213 (10.6) 85 (11.1) 128 (10.3)

Monthly 143 (7.2) 59 (7.7) 84 (6.8)

Rarely 257 (12.8) 99 (12.9) 159 (12.8)

Never 1168 (58.2) 425 (55.4) 743 (60)

Do not wish to answer 4 (0.2) 0 (0) 4 (0.3)
Agree to take a digital pill

Yes 647 (32.3) 271 (35.3) 376 (30.4)
No 1261 (62.9) 461 (60.1) 800 (64.6)

Do not wish to answer 97 (4.8) 35 (4.6) 62 (5)

aChronic condition was defined as at least 1 long-term treatment and 1 self-reported condition. The most common chronic conditions were hypertension, diabetes, chronic pain, thyroid disease, heart disease, asthma, and dyslipidemia. All chronic conditions are presented in Multimedia Appendix 6.

bN/A: not applicable.