What Kind of Information and Communication Technologies Do Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Prefer? An Ecuadorian Cross-Sectional Study
Table 2
Use, obtaining information, interest in receiving information, and interest in asking a physician through ICT types by age.
≤55 years old
>55 years old
Chi-square value
Total
Internet access
48.0
13.0
.000
27.2
Owning
Cellphone
90.0
55.4
.000
69.4
Smartphone
64.3
27.0
.000
46.8
Use of ICT type (at least once a week)
SMS
75.6
55.8
.009
66.0
Facebook
45.9
15.9
.000
31.5
Twitter
20.8
4.4
.004
12.9
YouTube
38.4
8.8
.000
24.1
Email
41.7
13.2
.000
27.9
Internet
52.0
19.7
.000
36.3
LinkedIn
5.6
0.0
2.9
Skype
6.9
1.5
4.3
Uses ICT to obtain information about disease
Internet
54.7
35.2
.018
45.2
Facebook
8.3
2.9
5.6
Twitter
4.2
1.4
2.8
YouTube
4.2
1.4
2.8
Email
15.3
4.3
.028
9.9
Interest in receiving information through ICT type (high/some interest)
SMS
67.9
60.8
.358
64.5
Facebook
17.6
7.9
.096
13.1
Twitter
2.8
0.0
1.5
LinkedIn
2.8
1.6
2.2
Email
41.1
12.9
.000
28.1
Interest in asking physician through ICT type (high/some interest)
SMS
69.3
58.1
.154
63.8
Facebook
13.9
4.6
.064
9.5
Twitter
0.0
1.6
0.7
LinkedIn
1.4
1.6
1.5
Email
37.1
14.1
.002
26.1
Interest in receiving information through WhatsApp (yes/no)
Interested
88.9
65.0
82.4
Interest in asking physician about disease through WhatsApp (yes/no)
Interested
90.6
68.4
84.7
Notes. All data are presented as percentages. Differences in values between the two age groups are significant at .05 significance level. ’s exact test performed.
