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. 2022 Mar 31;10(3):e30986. doi: 10.2196/30986

Table 1.

Characteristics of potential users (N=716).

Characteristic Values, n (%)
Sex

Female 343 (47.9)

Male 369 (51.5)

Transgendera 2 (0.3)

Othera 1 (0.1)

PNAa,b 1 (0.1)
Age (years)

18-44 204 (28.5)

45-64 155 (21.7)

≥65 357 (49.9)
Region

Atlantic 47 (6.6)

Central 418 (58.4)

Prairie 145 (20.3)

West Coast 106 (14.8)
Income (CAD$; US $)

<$80,000 ($62,380) 401 (56)

>$80,000 ($62,380) 258 (36)

PNA 57 (8)
Health care use

High (>20) 146 (20.4)

Low (≤20) 559 (78.1)

IDKc 11 (1.5)
Caregiver

No 621 (86.7)

Yes 95 (13.3)
Quality of care

Good 609 (85.1)

Poor 92 (12.9)

IDK 15 (2.1)
Prior digital health use

Yes 471 (65.8)

No 245 (34.2)
Engaged patient

Yes 612 (85.5)

No 104 (14.5)
Sensitivity of PHId

High (≥10) 364 (50.8)

Low (<10) 352 (49.2)
Sensitivity of digital health data

High (≥11) 383 (53.5)

Low (<11) 333 (46.5)
Web-based privacy experience

Good 535 (74.7)

Poor 134 (18.7)

IDK 47 (6.6)
Privacy breach

Yes, resolved 70 (9.8)

Yes, not resolved or IDK 29 (4.1)

No breach 617 (86.2)
Health care privacy experiences

Good 643 (89.8)

Poor 51 (7.1)

IDK 22 (3.1)
Confidentiality of records

Private 644 (89.9)

Not private 37 (5.2)

IDK 35 (4.9)

aIndicates subpopulations that were excluded from the logistic regression model.

bPNA: prefer not to answer.

cIDK: I do not know.

dPHI: personal health information.