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Table 1 Sample Characteristics

From: A study of mobile phone use among patients with noncommunicable diseases in La Paz, Bolivia: implications for mHealth research and development

 

Total sample

Owns Mobile Phone*

Owns Smartphone

 

% (n)

%

p-value§

%

p-value§

Total

100 (559)

86.2

 

12.7

 

Demographics

     

Age

  

<0.01

 

<0.01

 18–29

9.5 (53)

96.2

 

32.1

 

 30–49

32.0 (179)

91.1

16.2

 50–64

36.1 (202)

88.6

8.4

 65+

22.4 (125)

71.2

6.4

Gender

  

<0.01

 

0.64

 Male

36.3 (203)

91.6

 

11.8

 

 Female

63.7 (356)

83.1

 

13.2

 

Indigenous language used at home

  

0.07

 

0.02

 Yes

30.2 (169)

82.3

 

7.7

 

 No

69.8 (390)

88.0

 

14.9

 

Health Literacya

  

<0.01

 

<0.01

 Low

30.9 (173)

72.3

 

4.6

 

 High

69.1 (386)

92.5

 

16.3

 

Education in years

  

<0.01

 

<0.01

 ≤6

32.6 (182)

76.9

 

5.5

 

 7–12

38.1 (213)

87.3

8.9

 >12

29.3 (164)

95.1

25.6

Health Status

     

Self-Reported Health

  

0.81

 

0.02

 G./V.G./Exc.b

32.6 (182)

85.7

 

17.6

 

 Poor or fair

67.4 (377)

86.5

 

10.3

 

Number of Self-Reported Chronic Conditions

  

<0.01

 

0.03

 0

23.3 (130)

93.9

 

16.9

 

 1

34.5 (193)

87.1

14.0

 ≥2

42.2 (236)

81.4

9.3

Depressedc

  

0.94

 

0.54

 Yes

44.5 (249)

86.4

 

13.6

 

 No

55.5 (310)

86.1

 

11.9

 

Health Care Access

     

Cost-related access barrierd

  

0.43

 

0.01

 Yes

46.5 (260)

85.0

 

8.9

 

 No

53.5 (299)

87.3

 

16.1

 

Travel time to clinic in minutes

  

0.18

 

0.03

 0–29

39.4 (220)

85.9

 

15.9

 

 30–59

34.5 (193)

87.6

12.4

 ≥60

26.1 (146)

84.9

8.2

  1. All percentages are row-percentages. §Result of Pearson Chi-squared Test for binary predictors, result of Cochran-Armitage test of trend for variables with more than two levels. *Shared mobile phone: n = 30 (6.3 %); aDefined as not being able to read, frequently or always needing someone to help read papers from health center, frequently or always having problems understanding written medical instructions; bGood/Very Good/Excellent; cAs measured by a score of 3 or more on the PHQ-2 questionnaire; d“In the past year, did cost keep you from going to a clinic or hospital?”