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Table 3 NPART questions on social participation 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 column %)

Decliner group

n (valid column %)

Consenting group

n (valid column %)

Social participation

Low frequency

36 (53)

17 (71)

19 (43)

  

High frequency

32 (47)

7 (29)

25 (57)

4.76

0.029

Missing

2

1

1

  

Contact with children

Low frequency

8 (12)

4 (17)

4 (9)

  

High frequency

61 (88)

20 (83)

41 (91)

–

0.435a

Missing

2

1

1

  

Contact with friends

Low frequency

7 (10)

4 (17)

3 (7)

  

High frequency

62 (90)

20 (83)

42 (93)

–

0.227a

Missing

1

1

0

  

Appropriateness of amount of social contact

I want more social contact

28 (42)

6 (25)

22 (51)

  

I want less/I do not want more social contact

39 (58)

18 (75)

21 (49)

4.33

0.037

Missing

3

1

2

  

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