The Anticipated Positive Psychosocial Impact of Present Web-Based E-Health Services and Future Mobile Health Applications: An Investigation among Older Swedes
Table 4
Associations between PIADS total score for the future mobile health applications scenario and respondents’ profile variables .
Independent variable
Mean rank difference
value
Age
−0.212
0.009
Gender (female/male)
2.1
0.763
Living alone/together with someone
−4.0
0.600
Education level
0.002
0.984
Income
0.107
0.192
Self-rated health (VAS 0–100)
0.186
0.022
Usage degree of a mobile phone**
0.135
0.100
Usage degree of SMS messaging**
0.230
0.005
Usage degree of a computer**
0.124
0.132
Usage degree of emails**
0.202
0.165
Use degree of the Internet**
0.162
0.048
Used the Internet for health information (no/yes)*
−11.72.
0.107
Used the Internet for information about physical activity (no/yes)*
−19.16
0.052
Used the Internet for information about diet (no/yes)*
−15.51
0.064
Used mobile phone or advanced ICT in contacts with health care
−2.62
0.727
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.
