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Table 4 Participant response on “Did you need someone’s help to complete the questionnaire”

From: Exploring the use of tablet computer-based electronic data capture system to assess patient reported measures among patients with chronic kidney disease: a pilot study

Variables n (%)

None-Little 96 (79)

Some - A Lot 25 (21)

P value

Age

  ≤ 70 years

85 (84)

16 (16)

0.009*

  > 70 years

11 (55)

9 (45)

Gender

 Male

54 (81)

13 (19)

0.437

 Female

42 (78)

12 (22)

Ethnicity

 White

50 (85)

9 (15)

0.181

 Non-White

46 (74)

16 (26)

Income

 Low (<$70,000)

40 (70)

17 (30)

<0.001*

 High (>$70,000)

32 (97)

1 (3)

Education

 Low (≤ 12 yrs)

26 (67)

13 (33)

0.027*

 High (> 12 yrs)

67 (86)

11 (14)

Health Literacy

 Low

3 (21)

11 (79)

<0.001*

 Moderate

51 (86)

8 (14)

 High

28 (90)

3 (10)

Computer Experience

 Low

15 (48)

16 (52)

<0.001*

 Average

37 (84)

7 (16)

 High

44 (96)

2 (4)

  1. (*) denotes statistically significance at p= <0.05