Changes in Participants' Self-Reported Survey Measures from Baseline to Followup at 3 to 6 Months Post-Training
| Variable | Baseline Survey: N (%) or Mean (SD) | Follow-up Survey: N (%) or Mean (SD) | P-Value (paired t-test or McNemar's test) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest/attitudes related to portal use | |||
| Internet is useful for health decisions* | 47 (65) | 54 (75) | .18 |
| Important to get personal medical information electronically† | 71 (95) | 70 (93) | 1.00 |
| Confident in portal safeguards/privacy‡ | 60 (80) | 57 (76) | .44 |
| High interest in using MYSFHEALTH portal to see personal medical record§ | 53 (72) | 39 (53) | .01 |
| High interest in potential portal features‖ | |||
| Appointment reminders | 55 (73) | 56 (75) | .82 |
| General health information | 36 (48) | 42 (56) | .22 |
| Medication reminders | 43 (57) | 43 (56) | .83 |
| Lab/test results | 62 (83) | 59 (79) | .44 |
| Skills for Portal Use | |||
| Self-reported skills to use portal Web site¶ | 46 (63) | 57 (78) | .03 |
| High confidence in using MYSFHEALTH without help# | 47 (67) | 54 (77) | .11 |
| High confidence in using MYSFHEALTH to improve health# | 44 (63) | 41 (58) | .53 |
| eHealth Literacy (eHeals**) | 14.4 (3.7) | 16.2 (2.4) | <.001 |
| Self-reported Chronic Disease Management | |||
| Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care†† | 3.2 (1.0) | 3.2 (0.9) | .72 |
| Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease‡‡ | 6.3 (1.9) | 6.7 (2.0) | .10 |
MYSFHEALTH, the name of the online patient portal investigated in this trial; SD, standard devation.
Sample size is n = 75 with complete data at both time points.
↵* Usefulness categorized as very useful/useful vs. neutral/not useful/not at all useful.
↵† Importance categorized as very/somewhat vs. not at all important.
↵‡ Confidence in safeguards categorized as very/somewhat vs. not confident.
↵§ Interest in portal categorized as high interest vs. low/neutral/moderate/none/need more information.
↵‖ Interest in portal features categorized as high interest vs. somewhat/a little/not at all interested.
↵¶ Skills categorized as strongly agree/agree vs. neutral/disagree/strongly disagree.
↵# Confidence in using portal without help and to improve health categorized as 8 to 10 vs. 1 to 7.
↵** eHeals score calculated using 4 of 8 eHeals questions; range, 4 to 20 with higher score noting higher perceived eHealth literacy.
↵†† Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care Survey; range, 1 to 5 with higher score noting higher ratings of chronic illness scare.
↵‡‡ Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease Scale; range, 1 to 10 with higher score noting higher self-efficacy.