Characteristics of older adults using patient web portals to view their DXA results.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sharing test results with patients via patient web portals is a new trend in healthcare. No research has been done examining patient web portal use with bone density test results. The objective of our study was to identify patient characteristics associated with the use of patient web portals to view their bone density test results.

Methods

A secondary analysis of data from a pragmatic randomized controlled trial of 7749 participants ≥50 years old that had presented for a dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) bone density test. Patients were interviewed at enrollment and 12 weeks later. Multivariable logistic regression identified patient characteristics that differentiated those who used the web portal from those who did not.

Results

Our sample included 4

SUBMITTER: Edmonds S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6751667 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature