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Table 3 Association between WHOMS acceptability and patients' characteristics

From: A Wireless Health Outcomes Monitoring System (WHOMS): development and field testing with cancer patients using mobile phones

 

Univariate logistic regression models results

 

Multivariate logistic regression model results

 

Characteristics

OR (95% CI)

P*

OR (95% CI)

P*

Gender

1.06 (0.45–2.54)

NS

--

 

Age (years)

0.88 (0.83–0.92)

0.000

0.91 (0.85–0.97)

0.005

Years of education

1.50 (1.27–1.77)

0.000

1.32 (1.07–1.62)

0.008

Primary tumor site

  

--

 

   Colon-rectum

1

--

  

   Uterine or ovarian

0.82 (0.23–2.91)

NS

  

   Breast

1.18 (0.44–3.14)

NS

  

   Other

1.64 (0.49–5.51)

NS

  

Setting/surgical unit

  

--

 

   Senology

1

--

  

   Gynaecologic

0.70 (0.20–2.44)

NS

  

   Endoscopy

1.05 (0.30–3.62)

NS

  

   Colo-rectal

0.62 (0.19–2.00)

NS

  

   Melanoma & sarcoma

1.68 (0.48–5.84)

NS

  

Communication technology use

    

   Mobile phone

9.16 (2.42–34.64)

0.001

--

 

   Sent SMS messages

41.17 (8.93–189.66)

0.000

--

 

   Internet

12.33 (3.87–39.32)

0.000

--

 

   Email

12.67 (3.50–45.87)

0.000

--

 

FCT score

--

--

2.73 (1.38–5.43)

0.004

  1. *Wald test