The Anticipated Positive Psychosocial Impact of Present Web-Based E-Health Services and Future Mobile Health Applications: An Investigation among Older Swedes
Table 3
Associations between PIADS total score for web-based e-health services in present scenario and respondents’ profile variables .
Independent variable
Mean rank difference
value
Age
−0.217
0.008
Gender (female/male)
−4.5
0.520
Living alone/together with someone
−7.9
0.292
Education level
0.056
0.502
Income
0.113
0.174
Self-rated health (VAS 0–100)
0.110
0.184
Usage degree of a mobile phone**
0.167
0.043
Usage degree of SMS messaging**
0.270
0.001
Usage degree of a computer**
0.180
0.029
Usage degree of emails**
0.202
0.014
Usage degree of the Internet**
0.227
0.006
Used the Internet for health information (no/yes)*
−16.61
0.021
Used the Internet for information about physical activity (no/yes)*
−16.03
0.097
Used the Internet for information about diet (no/yes)*
−10.84
0.189
Used mobile phone or advanced ICT in contacts with health care*
−6.79
0.360
Self-reported usage during a one-year period (no/yes). **Self-rated ordinal scale for ICT experience in a one-year period: 1 = never; 2 = monthly; 3 = weekly; 4 = daily; : Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient. value: statistical significance. Bold: values below significance level 0.05.
