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Table 2 Factors related to medical health application use

From: The use of medical health applications by primary care physicians in Israel: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Physicians who use mHealth apps (N = 123)

Physicians who do not use mHealth apps (N = 58)

PV

Gender, % (n)

  

0.250

 Men

48.8% (60)

39.7% (23)

 Women

51.2% (63)

60.3% (35)

Age, mean ± SD

51.5 ± 12.7

55.9 ± 12.5

0.03

Country of birth, % (n)

   

 Israel

48.0% (59)

31.0%(18)

 

 Elsewhere

 Missing

35.8% (44)

16.3% (20)

41.4% (24)

27.6% (16)

0.063

Seniority, mean ± SD (years)

23.8 ± 13.9

26.8 ± 12.6

0.240

Specialization, % (n)

   

 General practitioner without specialization, %

17.1% (21)

29.3% (17)

0.047

 Family medicine resident

10.6% (13)

1.7% (1)

 Family medicine specialist

45.5% (56)

50.0% (29)

 Internal medicine specialist

26.8% (33)

19.0% (11)

  1. *Chi-square was used to compare categorical variables and Independent T-test was used to compare continuous variables