Internet Usage by Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: Implications to Participatory Medicine and Personalized Healthcare
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants.
NIU
GIU
MSIU
-value
Non Internet Users
General Internet Users
MS-Internet Users
(%)
17 (18)
18 (19)
61 (63)
Age: Mean ±SD
47.7 ± 8.2
46.9 ± 8.8
40.9 ± 10.4
Female/male (ratio)
16/1 (16.0)
11/7 (1.6)
41/20 (2.0)
.67
(%)
3
8 (47)
12 (67)
43 (70)
.47
3 & 5.5
7 (41)
4 (22)
12 (20)
5.5
2 (12)
2 (11)
6 (10)
Disease Duration years ± SDc
9.6 ± 5.3
9.6 ± 5.1
6.6 ± 5.1
Education
12 years
10 (59)
3 (17)
21 (38)
12 years
7 (41)
15 (83)
34 (62)
I have a computer at home
10 (71)
18 (100)
59 (98)
Marital Status (%)
Married
14 (82)
13 (72)
45 (74)
.73
Single
2 (12)
2 (11)
11(18)
Divorced
1 (6)
3 (17)
5 (8)
Ethnic origin (%)
Jews
14 (82)
17 (94)
53 (87)
.50
Arabs
3 (18)
1 (6)
8 (13)
Country of birth (%)
Israel
8 (47)
11 (61)
49 (80)
Past USSR
3 (18)
4 (22)
4 (7)
.04
Others
6 (35)
3 (17)
8 (13)
between NIU & MSIU, between GIU & MSIU. = Expanded Disability Status Scale. between NIU & MSIU, between GIU & MSIU. between NIU & GIU. between NIU & MSIU, between NIU & GIU.