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Table 4 Rate of smartphone use (%) and installation of medical applications (%) according to levels of perception towards use

From: Use of smartphone and perception towards the usefulness and practicality of its medical applications among healthcare workers in Saudi Arabia

 

Use of smartphone

Installation of medical application(s)

No.

%

OR [95% CI]

p- value

No.

%

OR

p- value

Usefulness

 Negative

21

25.6

1

 

23

28.0

1

 

 Neutral

93

47.2

2.59[1.47–4.59]

0.001

103

52.0

2.78[1.59–4.85]

< 0.001

 Positive

23

74.2

8.35[3.25–21.49]

< 0.001

18

56.3

3.30[1.41–7.71]

0.005

 

χ2LT = 23.26, p < 0.001

 

χ2LT = 12.37, p < 0.001

 

Practicality

 Negative

14

25.9

1

 

9

16.7

1

 

 Neutral

99

44.6

2.30[1. 18–4.47]

0.012

112

50.5

5.09[2.38–10.91]

< 0.001

 Positive

26

68.4

6.19[2.48–15.47]

< 0.001

25

64.1

8.93[3.39–23.55]

< 0.001

 

χ2LT = 16.14, p < 0.001

 

χ2LT = 22.88, p < 0.001

 

Overall

 Negative

13

26.0

1

 

10

20.0

1

 

 Neutral

96

43.2

2.17[1.09–4.30]

0.025

108

48.4

3.76[1.79–7.88]

< 0.001

 Positive

26

74.3

8.22[3.07–22.06]

< 0.001

24

66.7

8.00[3.00–21.32]

< 0.001

 

χ2LT = 18.44, p < 0.001

 

χ2LT = 19.63, p < 0.001

 
  1. χ2 --- Chi square for linear trend, OR---Odds ratio