Research Article

The Anticipated Positive Psychosocial Impact of Present Web-Based E-Health Services and Future Mobile Health Applications: An Investigation among Older Swedes

Table 2

PIADS total score and subscores for web-based e-health services in present and mobile health applications in the future.

VariablePresent* Md (q1, q3)***Future** Md (q1, q3)*** value

Total score 0.81 (0.27, 1.23)1.00 (0.46, 1.54)<0.001
Competence sub-score 0.75 (0.29, 1.34)1.00 (0.42, 1.52)0.002
Adaptability sub-score 0.84 (0.34, 1.50)1.17 (0.50, 1.83)<0.001
Self-esteem sub-score 0.75 (0.13, 1.13)0.88 (0.38, 1.50)0.001

Present = describing a scenario where web-based e-health services are able to be used in present. **Future = describing a scenario where mobile health applications will be able to be used in the future ***Md: median; q1: lowest quartiles; q3: the highest quartiles.