Internet access and use by COPD patients in the National Emphysema/COPD Association Survey

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Table 4 Multivariate models for lack of internet access and more frequent internet use ^a

	Lack of internet access	More frequent internet use
	OR (95% CI)*p-value*	OR (95% CI)*p-value*
Demographics and comorbidities
Age (per 1-year increment)	1.10 (1.07, 1.13) < 0.0001	0.95 (0.93, 0.98) 0.002
Low income	2.47 (1.63, 3.73) < 0.0001	1.26 (0.77, 2.06) 0.36
Education below high school	2.30 (1.54, 3.45) < 0.0001	0.70 (0.41, 1.19) 0.18
Cardiovascular disease	1.16 (0.77, 1.76) 0.47	0.48 (0.29, 0.78) 0.003
Mobility-related disease	1.56 (1.05, 2.34) 0.03	0.84 (0.51, 1.38) 0.48
Home oxygen use	0.88 (0.58, 1.33) 0.54	2.71 (1.49, 4.91) 0.001
Exacerbations last year	1.0(0.65, 1.45) 0.99	1.54 (0.90, 2.64) 0.11
Perceived needs
Diagnosis was delayed	0.52 (0.34, 0.81) 0.004	1.72 (1.06, 2.78) 0.03
Treated poorly by healthcare system	1.99 (1.04, 3.81) 0.03	2.46 (1.15, 5.24) 0.02
Insufficient time with doctor	0.84 (0.38, 1.85) 0.67	2.29 (1.02, 5.13) 0.04
Doctor does not listen	1.19 (0.59, 2.43) 0.62	3.14 (1.42, 6.95) 0.005
Doctor not sympathetic	0.94 (0.0.21, 4.23) 0.94	0.58 (0.14, 2.36) 0.45
Doctor difficult to reach	1.11 (0.58, 2.11) 0.75	0.98 (0.47, 2.02) 0.94
Doctor difficult to make appointment with	1.28 (0.60, 2.72) 0.52	1.05 (0.44, 2.48) 0.91
Symptoms keep me from working	0.91 (0.58, 1.42) 0.67	2.54 (1.55, 4.16) < 0.0001

^aModels additionally adjusted for Gender, Insurance, Comorbidities, Visits to the pulmonologist and any doctor, health status and symptoms.

ISSN: 1471-2466