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Table 1 Patient responses to the RFIT on the tablet

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

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 150 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

  1. Questions on RFIT and in the patient interviwe were not mandatory; patients could choose to answer or not answer a question
  2. 1Health conditions of interest include: pre-diabetes, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, liver disease, arthritis, kidney disease, cancer, asthma, lung disease, osteoporosis, thyroid disorders