From: Patient perspectives on tablet-based technology to collect risk factor information in primary care
Variable | RFIT Tablet-Survey N = 207 | Patient Interview n = 86 | p-value |
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Patient Characteristics | |||
Rural Clinic | 56.0% (116/207) | 62.8% (54/86) | 0.099 |
Mean age in years (SD) | 51.4 (15.2) | 57.5 (15.0) | 0.001 |
Female Patient | 77.5% (145/187) | 79.3% (65/82) | 0.617 |
Married or common-law | - | 76.3% (61/80) | - |
Post-secondary education | - | 64.6% (51/79) | - |
Mean BMI (SD) | 27.6 (7.99) | 27.2 (7.05) | 0.73 |
Health Status | |||
Excellent, very good or good Self-Perceived health | 87.9% (160/182) | 84.2% (64/76) | 0.1 |
Self-perceived health unchanged from last year | 70.6% (127/182) | 68.1% (49/72) | 0.68 |
Average number of visits per year (SD) | - | 3.32 (3.66) | - |
Health condition of interest1 | - | 61.3% (49/80) | - |
Risk Factors | |||
Self-reported smoker | 12.1% (22/182) | 11.3% (9/80) | 0.76 |
Self-reported healthy diet | 78.8% (145/184) | 75.3% (61/81) | 0.3 |
CAGE Flag for alcohol consumption | 9.3% (17/182) | 10% (8/80) | 0.79 |
Less than 150Â min of PA | 56.4% (102/181) | 54.5% (42/77) | 0.67 |
Employed | 59.2% (106/179) | 50.6% (40/79) | 0.04 |
Poverty | 8.2% (6/73) | 12.8% (5/39) | 0.13 |