Changes in Internet Use Over Time Among Individuals with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the changes in total internet and mobile internet use over time and determine how demographic characteristics are related to changes in internet and mobile internet use among individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Design

Cross-sectional analysis of a multicenter cohort study.

Setting

National SCI Database.

Participants

Individuals with traumatic SCI with follow-up data collected between 2012 and 2018 (N=13,622).

Interventions

Not applicable.

Main outcome measures

Proportion of sample reporting internet use at all or through a mobile device over time and specifically in 2018.

Results

The proportion of internet users increased from 77.7% in 2012 to 88.1% in 2018. Older participants (P<.001); those with lower annua

SUBMITTER: Rigot SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8628018 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature