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. 2022 Nov 17;24(11):e39973. doi: 10.2196/39973

Table 4.

Multinomial regression results of patients’ sociodemographic characteristics and impact of Care Information Exchange on patient’s satisfaction with care.


Univariatea Multivariablea

Worse care quality vs about the same Better care quality vs about the same Worse care quality vs about the same Better care quality vs about the same

Odds ratio (95% CI) P value Odds ratio (95% CI) P value Odds ratio (95% CI) P value Odds ratio (95% CI) P value
Sex

Female Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference

Male 0.84 (0.31-2.31) .74 1.32 (0.88-1.97) .17 b
Age (years)

≥65 Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference

≤64 0.69 (0.27-1.80) .45 1.215 (0.76-1.75) .51 N/Ac N/A N/A N/A
Ethnicity

White Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference

Ethnic minority 1.30 (0.35-4.78) .70 2.32 (1.38-3.90) .002 1.68 (0.44-6.41) .45 2.12 (1.22-3.67) .007
Native language

English Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference

Non-English 1.74 (0.47-6.52) .41 1.63 (0.91-2.89) .10
Education

Secondary or below Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference

Undergraduate or Professional 8.15 (1.03-64.80) .05 1.14 (0.67-1.96) .63

Postgraduate or higher 5.94 (0.67-52.47) .11 1.11 (0.69-1.80) .67
Digital literacy

Lower digital health literacy Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference

Higher digital health literacy 2.29 (0.29-18.03) .43 2.47 (1.19-5.13) .02 2.17 (0.27-17.35) .46 2.35 (1.09-5.04) .03
Health status

Neither good nor poor Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference

Poor 0.92 (0.27-3.16) .89 1.34 (0.80-2.23) .27 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Good 1.04 (0.32-3.33) .95 1.07 (0.65-1.78) .78 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Motivation to be involved in own care

Not very much or a moderate amount Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference

A lot or very much 3.00 (0.39-23.31) .29 1.99 (1.04-3.82) .04 Xd X X X
Frequency of CIE use

Once a month or less Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference

Once a week or more 0.92 (0.32-2.67) .88 2.13 (1.41-3.23) <.001 0.90 (0.27-2.95) .86 2.03 (1.31-3.13) .002

aGoodness-of-fit: χ28=5.6; P=.69.

bVariable excluded from the final multivariable model using a backward elimination approach.

cN/A: not applicable; variable not entered into the multivariable analyses due to nonsignificance (P>.25) in univariate analyses.

dVariable excluded from the final multivariable model due to 0 cell counts producing unstable estimates.