Table 2.
Participant characteristics associated with online health information seeking among older adults with atrial fibrillation
| Sociodemographics | N (%) | Crude OR (95% CI) | Online health information seeking∗ |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 Adjusted OR (95% CI) | Model 2 Adjusted OR (95% CI) | |||
| Age (years) | ||||
| 65–74 | 334 (64.4) | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. |
| 75–84 | 147 (28.3) | 0.54 (0.39–0.73)† | 0.59 (0.44–0.80)† | 0.61 (0.43–0.87)† |
| 85+ | 38 (7.3) | 0.50 (0.31–0.82)† | 0.45 (0.28–0.73)† | 0.55 (0.32–0.96)† |
| Men (vs women) | 279 (53.7) | 1.14 (0.86–1.50) | 0.96 (0.72–1.27) | 1.07 (0.78–1.46) |
| Non-Hispanic White (vs other races/ethnicities) | 471 (90.8) | 0.83 (0.50–1.39) | 0.96 (0.59–1.56) | 0.80 (0.46–1.38)† |
| College graduate or more (vs less education) | 314 (60.9) | 2.30 (1.73–3.06)† | 2.20 (1.65–2.92)† | 2.19 (1.61–2.96)† |
| Clinical | ||||
| Peripheral vascular disease (vs no) | 56 (10.8) | 0.62 (0.41–0.93)† | 0.63 (0.39–1.00) | |
| CHA2DS2-VASc‡ | 4.0 (1.6) | 0.87 (0.79–0.95)† | 1.08 (0.94–1.24) | |
| Charlson comorbidity index | 5.46 (2.3) | 0.91 (0.86–0.97)† | 0.98 (0.91–1.06) | |
| Geriatric | ||||
| Cognitive impairment (vs no) | 135 (26.0) | 0.62 (0.46–0.84)† | 0.72 (0.52–1.01) | |
| AF | ||||
| ECG at baseline | ||||
| NSR | 200 (41.0) | Ref. | Ref. | |
| AF | 129 (26.4) | 0.78 (0.55–1.10) | 0.93 (0.65–1.35) | |
| On anticoagulation (vs not) | 425 (81.9) | 0.59 (0.39–0.89)† | 0.62 (0.40–0.97)† | |
AF = atrial fibrillation; ECG = electrocardiography; NSR = normal sinus rhythm; TIA = transient ischemic attack.
∗
Model 1: adjusting for sociodemographic factors; Model 2: M1 + clinical and geriatric factors + AF-related factors that differed significantly in Table 1.
†
Statistically significant P values.
‡
CHA2DS2-VASc assesses stroke risk.