Socioeconomic deprivation, age and language are barriers to accessing personal health records: a cross-sectional study of a large hospital-based personal health record system.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate barriers to accessing a hospital-based personal health record (PHR) system.

Design

Retrospective cross-sectional study.

Setting

This study was conducted in a large secondary and tertiary acute care trust in Birmingham, UK.

Participants

Data were collected from 28 637 patients who attended liver medicine, diabetes, renal medicine or endocrinology specialist outpatient clinics from 1 June 2017 to 31 May 2018.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome measure was sign up to and activation of the PHR. The secondary outcomes were the use of the PHR, defined as the number of logons and frequency of access of specific PHR functions.

Results

8070 patients (28.2%) were signed up to the PHR and 4286 patients (53.1%

SUBMITTER: Chapman R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8783813 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature