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Table 5 NPART questions on technology-related aspects 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 percent %)

Consenting group

n (valid percent %)

Self-assessed digital skills

Low

33 (52)

15 (71)

18 (43)

  

High

30 (48)

6 (29)

24 (57)

4.58

0.032

Missing

7

4

3

  

Use of digital technologies

Low

17 (28)

9 (45)

8 (19)

  

High

44 (72)

11 (55)

33 (81)

4.34

0.037

Missing

9

5

4

  

Perceived usefulness of digital technologies

Low

32 (46)

15 (63)

17 (38)

  

High

37 (54)

9 (37)

28 (62)

3.85

0.050

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