Demographical, Clinical, and Psychological Characteristics of Users and Nonusers of an Online Platform for T2DM Patients (e-VitaDM-3/ZODIAC-44)
Table 1
Differences and notable characteristics of nonusers, curious users, and active users.
n (%) or mean (SD) Demographic and clinical parameters
Nonusers ()
Missing
Curious users ()
Missing
Active users ()
Missing
Univariate value
Men
214 (59.3)
0 (0)
113 (61.4)
0 (0)
50 (56.8)
0 (0)
0.760
Age in years
62.1 ± 9.5 63.0 (56.5–68.0)
0 (0)
61.8 ± 9.5 62.0 (56.3–68.0)
0 (0)
62.0 ± 9.4 63.0 (57.0–67.0)
0 (0)
0.935
Ethnicity
Caucasian
292 (99.0)
66 (18.3)
143 (100)
41 (22.3)
65 (100)
23 (6.1)
0.706
Other
3 (1.0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0.382
Employment
Fulltime/part-time working
99 (34.3)
72 (19.9)
61 (39.6)
30 (16.3)
20 (23.8)
4 (4.5)
0.063
Retired
134 (46.4)
70 (45.5)
46 (54.8)
Unemployed/housekeeper
38 (13.1)
20 (13.0)
9 (10.7)
Incapacitated
18 (6.2)
3 (1.9)
9 (10.7)
Educational level
None
0 (0)
73 (20.2)
1 (0.7)
31 (16.8)
0 (0)
4 (4.5)
0.125
Primary school
24 (8.3)
9 (5.9)
4 (4.8)
Low
127 (44.1)
52 (34.0)
27 (32.1)
Intermediate
86 (29.9)
51 (33.3)
30 (35.7)
High
51 (17.7)
40 (26.1)
23 (27.4)
T2DM duration in years
6.2 ± 4.6 6.0 (2.0–9.0)
9 (2.5)
5.7 ± 4.4 5.0 (2.0–8.0)
1 (0.5)
5.4 ± 4.4 4.5 (2.0–8.0)
0 (0)
0.165
HbA1c in mmol/mol
50.6 ± 9.5 50.0 (45.0–54.0)
3 (0.8)
48.7 ± 7.4 48.0 (43.0–54.0)
0 (0)
47.0 ± 7.0 46.0 (43.0–50.8)
0 (0)
0.001
BMI
29.8 ± 4.9 29.0 (26.5–32.5)
3 (0.8)
30.0 ± 4.8 29.3 (26.9–32.3)
0 (0)
29.9 ± 8.0 28.0 (26.0–32.6)
2 (2.3)
0.921
Comorbidities/complications
Hypertension
191 (84.1)
134 (37.1)
113 (93.4)
63 (34.2)
51 (92.7)
33 (37.5)
0.025
Items of Europep: patients who scored 4 (good) to 5 (excellent) What is your assessment of the general practitioner over the last 12 months with respect to the following?
Making it easy for you to tell him or her about your problem
