Table 6 Patient-, clinical-, hospital-, and ICT-related factors associated with the perceived usefulness of a personal health record. The data were collected for patients with an outpatient visit (at the rheumatology ward, N = 78) or a planned admission in the hospital (at the cardiology, neurology, internal medicine or pulmonary wards, N = 177)
|  | Inpatients (N = 177) | Outpatients (N = 78) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Crude OR (95%CI) | Adjusted ORa (95%CI) | Crude OR (95%CI) | Adjusted ORb (95%CI) | |
Age | 1.02 (0.98–1.06) | – | 0.99 (0.95–1.04) | – |
Gender | ||||
 Male | Referent | – | Referent | – |
 Female | 1.18 (0.49–2.82) | – | 1.05 (0.31–3.57) | – |
Highest educational level | ||||
 Primary school | Referent | – | – | – |
 Secondary school: low level | 2.60 (0.14–50.0) | – | – | – |
 Secondary vocational education | 1.00 (0.06–17.5) | – | – | – |
 Secondary school: high level | 0.80 (0.04–17.2) | – | – | – |
 Universities of applied sciences | 0.63 (0.04–11.2) | – | – | – |
 University | 0.50 (0.02–11.1) | – | – | – |
Hours a week of private internet use | ||||
 0–7 | Referent | – | Referent | – |
 7–14 | 0.43 (0.16–1.10)** | 0.46 (0.17–1.24) | 1.07 (0.32–3.63) | – |
 14–28 | 0.61 (0.18–2.02) | 0.57 (0.16–1.96) | 2.68 (0.45–16.1) | – |
  > 28 | 0.70 (0.13–3.90) | 0.73 (0.12–4.64) | – | – |
Experience with digital devices | 1.00 (0.82–1.21) | – | 0.96 (0.73–1.27) | – |
Patients with knowledge about the indication(s) of their drug(s) | ||||
 Yes | Referent | – | Referent | – |
 No | – | – | 0.48 (0.04–5.65) | – |
 Partly | 0.50 (0.09–2.87) | – | – | – |
Number of drugs on the BPMH | 1.03 (0.95–1.12) | – | 1.10 (0.96–1.25) | – |
Number of specialism-related drugs on the BPMH | 1.01 (0.87–1.18) | – | 1.35 (0.87–2.11) | – |
Number of over-the-counter medication | 0.97 (0.72–1.29) | – | 1.11 (0.71–1.74) | – |
Number of changes in patient’s drug list in the last 12 months | 1.01 (0.99–1.04) | – | 0.99 (0.96–1.03) | – |
Number of known comorbidities | 1.08 (0.93–1.25) | – | 1.16 (0.90–1.51) | – |
Number of years under treatment of the specialist | – | – | – | – |
Number of different prescribers | 0.81 (0.54–1.21) | – | 1.50 (0.89–2.54) | – |
Type of prescriber | ||||
 Physician assistant | – | – | Referent | – |
 Rheumatologist | – | – | 0.64 (0.16–2.58) | – |
Reason for the outpatient visit | ||||
 Diagnosis | – | – | Referent | – |
 Follow-up appointment | – | – | 0.63 (0.09–4.28) | – |
 New disease | – | – | 2.81 (0.49–16.2) | – |
 Other | – | – | 0.47 (0.10–2.22) | – |
Number of outpatient visits to the specialist in the last 12 months | 0.87 (0.76–0.98)* | 0.90 (0.78–1.03) | 1.07 (0.46–2.48) | – |
Number of hospital admissions at the admitted department in the last 12 months | 0.43 (0.22–0.84)* | 0.51 (0.24–1.09)** | – | – |
Device used to log in to the PHR | ||||
 Computer | Referent | – | Referent | – |
 Tablet | 0.47 (0.14–1.57) | – | 1.43 (0.32–6.39) | – |
 Smartphone | 0.60 (0.20–1.77) | – | 1.53 (0.42–5.47) | – |
Data input from the NMRS in the PHR | ||||
 No | Referent | – | Referent | – |
 Yes | 0.82 (0.29–2.36) | – | 0.75 (0.15–3.73) | – |
Number of days between sending the invitation and the patient login to the PHR | 1.01 (0.73–1.38) | – | 1.01 (0.83–1.22) | – |
PHR used for other drug-related purposes | ||||
 No | – | – | Referent | Referent |
 Yes | – | – | 20.00 (2.36–170)* | 20.0 (2.36–170)* |
Percentage of logins 12 months before the hospital visit | 1.02 (0.99–1.06) | – | 1.03 (0.98–1.07) | – |
Percentage of logins 12 months after the hospital visit | 0.98 (0.94–1.01) | – | 1.00 (0.99–1.02) | – |