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 (%) |
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| Sex | ||||||
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Female | 1050 (52.4) | 396 (51.6) | 654 (52.8) | ||
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Male | 955 (47.6) | 371 (48.4) | 584 (47.2) | ||
| Age (years) | ||||||
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18-34 | 519 (25.9) | 116 (15.1) | 403 (32.6) | ||
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35-49 | 470 (23.4) | 128 (16.7) | 342 (27.6) | ||
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50-64 | 601 (30) | 285 (37.2) | 316 (25.5) | ||
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>65 | 415 (20.7) | 238 (31) | 177 (14.3) | ||
| Highest level of education | ||||||
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Secondary school or under | 75 (4.7) | 43 (5.6) | 52 (4.2) | ||
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Youth training | 386 (19.3) | 175(22.9) | 210 (16.9) | ||
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High school graduate | 471 (23.5) | 172 (22.3) | 299 (24.1) | ||
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Two-year university degree | 458 (22.8) | 174 (22.7) | 284 (22.9) | ||
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Bachelor’s degree (BA, BS) | 341 (17) | 122 (15.9) | 219 (17.7) | ||
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Master’s degree or beyond | 254 (12.7) | 80 (10.4) | 174 (14.1) | ||
| Socioprofessional category | ||||||
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Farmers | 18 (0.9) | 6 (0.8) | 12 (1) | ||
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Self-employed professional workers | 74 (3.7) | 28 (3.6) | 46 (3.7) | ||
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Senior managers | 198 (9.9) | 58 (7.6) | 141 (11.4) | ||
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Technicians and associate professionals | 305 (15.2) | 68 (8.9) | 236 (19.1) | ||
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Employees | 349 (17.4) | 89 (11.6) | 260 (21) | ||
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Manual workers | 265 (13.2) | 76 (9.9) | 188 (15.2) | ||
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Retired people | 559 (27.9) | 322 (42) | 237 (19.1) | ||
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Unemployed | 163 (8.1) | 103 (13.4) | 61 (4.9) | ||
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Student | 74 (3.7) | 17 (2.2) | 57 (4.6) | ||
| Population density of the residential area (inhabitants) | ||||||
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Rural city (<2000) | 451 (22.5) | 171 (22.3) | 280 (22.6) | ||
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2000-19,999 | 360 (18) | 138 (18) | 211 (17) | ||
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20,000-99,999 | 276 (13.8) | 109 (14.2) | 161 (13) | ||
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≥100,000 | 605 (30.2) | 229 (29.9) | 377 (30.5) | ||
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Paris agglomeration | 329 (16.4) | 120 (15.6) | 209 (16.9) | ||
| Number of visits to a doctor in the past year | ||||||
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>10 times | 208 (10.4) | 140 (18.3) | 68 (5.5) | ||
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5-10 times | 590 (29.4) | 336 (43.8) | 254 (20.5) | ||
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<5 times | 1046 (52.2) | 286 (37.3) | 759 (61.3) | ||
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Have not seen a doctor this year | 152 (7.6) | 5 (0.6) | 148 (12) | ||
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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) | ||||||
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Easy | 1767 (88.1) | 696 (90.8) | 1071 (86.5) | ||
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Difficult | 214 (10.7) | 70 (9.1) | 144 (11.6) | ||
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Do not wish to answer | 24 (1.2) | 1 (0.1) | 23 (1.9) | ||
| Skipped the long-term treatment during the past month | ||||||
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Never | N/Ab | 496 (64.7) | N/A | ||
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Once a week | N/A | 198 (25.8) | N/A | ||
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Several times a week | N/A | 54 (7) | N/A | ||
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Almost every day | N/A | 15 (1.9) | N/A | ||
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Never started the prescribed treatment | N/A | 3 (0.4) | N/A | ||
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Do not wish to answer | N/A | 2 (0.2) | N/A | ||
| Checking health settings recorded by connected devices | ||||||
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Daily | 220 (11) | 99 (12.9) | 120 (9.7) | ||
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Weekly | 213 (10.6) | 85 (11.1) | 128 (10.3) | ||
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Monthly | 143 (7.2) | 59 (7.7) | 84 (6.8) | ||
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Rarely | 257 (12.8) | 99 (12.9) | 159 (12.8) | ||
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Never | 1168 (58.2) | 425 (55.4) | 743 (60) | ||
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Do not wish to answer | 4 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 4 (0.3) | ||
| Agree to take a digital pill | ||||||
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Yes | 647 (32.3) | 271 (35.3) | 376 (30.4) | ||
| No | 1261 (62.9) | 461 (60.1) | 800 (64.6) | |||
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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.