Table 1 Comparison of adopters and non-adopters on patient characteristics
AdoptersNon-adoptersp value
Age (<65 years)85.9%
(317/369)
46.2%
(129/279)
0.000
Gender (% Female) (n)67.2% (250/372)65.1% (183/281)0.58
Race (% White) (n)89.5% (324/362)88.3% (241/273)0.63
Education (4-year college graduate or more) (% respondents)56.3% (206/366)39.6% (106/268)0.000
Income (≥$75,000 in total household income from all sources before taxes) (% respondents)56.0% (182/325)33.0% (75/227)0.000
Marital status (% Married)54.5% (198/363)54.2% (150/277)0.92
Rating of overall healtha (mean) (SD)3.5 (1.03)3.1 (0.97)0.000
Self-reported Comorbiditiesb (mean) (SD)2.5 (1.70)3.2 (2.06)0.000
Internet use (% respondents)c82.5 (296/359)57.6 (129/224)0.000
PIIT (mean) (SD)3.5 (0.88)2.9 (0.93)0.000
Privacy security (mean) (SD)3.84 (0.70)3.52 (1.01)0.000
  • a Rating of overall health is captured as Excellent (5), Very Good (4), Good (3), Fair (2) or Poor (1).

  • b Self-reported comorbidities included 11 conditions such as: allergies, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease and asthma or emphysema.

  • c Internet use means that patient uses the Internet either daily or several times a day.