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Table 2 NPART questions on health-related aspects and subjective overall QOL, by preparedness to participate or not in digital health research

From: A research tool for measuring non-participation of older people in research on digital health

   

Preparedness to participate

Chi2

p-valuea

  

Total sample

n (valid percent %)

Decliner group

n (valid percent %)

Consenting group

n (valid percent %)

Self-rated health

Poor

12 (17)

6 (25)

6 (13)

  

Good

57 (83)

18 (75)

39 (87)

–

0.318a

Missing

1

1

0

  

Health limitations

Limitations

45 (65)

18 (75)

27 (60)

  

No limitations

24 (35)

6 (25)

18 (40)

1.55

0.213

Missing

1

1

0

  

Subjective overall QOL

Low

8 (12)

4 (17)

4 (9)

  

High

61 (88)

20 (83)

41 (91)

–

0.435a

Missing

1

1

0

  

Self-perceived memory performance

Poor

18 (26)

11 (46)

7 (16)

  

Good

51 (74)

13 (54)

38 (84)

7.44

0.006

Missing

1

1

0

  

Self-reported need for support

Rarely/never

64 (93)

23 (96)

41 (91)

  

Often/sometimes

5 (7)

1 (4)

4 (9)

–

0.652a

Missing

1

1

0

  

Total (n = 70)

 

70

25 (36)

45 (64)

  
  1. aThe p-value generally refers to the Chi2 statistics, but Fisher’s exact test was performed if frequencies smaller than 5 were expected in any of the cells for a given variable