Patient attitudes toward using computers to improve health services delivery

Table 2 Background characteristics by interest in using computers in the doctor's office to improve health services

	Frequency % (n)	Acceptability of using point of care computerized prompts^*	P
Age:			.30
18–30	26.0 (31)	13.5
31–50	39.8 (48)	13.1
51–87	34.1 (40)	12.5
Gender:			.05
Female	74.6 (85)	13.2
Male	25.4 (29)	12.1
Education level:			.29
Less than high school	19.4 (24)	12.8
High School	32.3 (40)	12.5
Some College	27.4 (34)	13.4
College or Graduate school	18.5 (23)	13.6
Minority status:			.35
White and non-Hispanic	87.9 (109)	12.9
Non-white or Hispanic	12.1 (15)	13.6
Chronic Illnesses (of 11 possible):			.69
None	37.1 (46)	12.9
At least one	62.9 (78)	13.0
Would you be concerned that someone would be able to steal your personal information from the computer?			.73
Definitely yes	24.2 (30)	13.4
Probably yes	12.1 (15)	13.3
Don't know	12.1 (15)	12.5
Probably not	26.6 (33)	12.7
Definitely not	21.8 (27)	12.8
How comfortable do you feel using computers, in general?			.006
Very comfortable	38.1 (45)	13.6
Somewhat comfortable	35.6 (42)	13.2
Don't know	4.2 (5)	12.0
Somewhat uncomfortable	8.5 (10)	12.7
Never used	12.7 (15)	10.9
Do you think you could use a computer to answer questions about your health?			.001
Definitely yes	59.2 (71)	13.7
Probably yes	22.5 (27)	12.6
Don't know	7.5 (9)	13.3
Probably not	2.5 (3)	11.0
Definitely not	8.3 (10)	9.7

^* sum of responses to three questions (see Table 1) with a minimum of 3 (least accepting) to 15 (most accepting).

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