TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors Associated with Reducing Disparities in Electronic Personal Heath Records Use Among Non-Hispanic White and Hispanic Adults
AU - Wang, Hao
AU - Manning, Sydney E.
AU - Ho, Amy F.
AU - Sambamoorthi, Usha
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was, in part, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Agreement No. 1OT2OD032581-01 (Usha Sambamoorthi) and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities through the Texas Center for Health Disparities (NIMHD), 5U54MD006882-10 (Hao Wang and Usha Sambamoorthi). The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the NIH.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, W. Montague Cobb-NMA Health Institute.
PY - 2023/6
Y1 - 2023/6
N2 - Objectives: Personal health records (PHR) use has improved individuals’ health outcomes. The adoption of PHR remains low with documented racial disparities. We aim to determine factors associated with reducing racial and ethnic disparities among Hispanic adults in PHR use. Methods: Participants included non-Hispanic White (NHW) and Hispanic adults (age ≥ 18 years) enrolled in Health Information National Trends Survey in 2018 and 2019. We identified PHR use as online medical record access in the last 12 months. We considered three factors (1. accessing mHealth Apps on the phone, 2. having a usual source of care, and 3. electronically communicating (e-communication) with healthcare providers) as facilitating PHR use. Multivariable logistic regressions with replicate weights were analyzed to determine factors associated with racial/ethnic disparities in PHR use after controlling for general characteristics (i.e., sex, age, education, insurance status, and income). Results: A lower percentage of Hispanics than NHWs used PHR (42.0% vs. 53.5%, P <.001). When adjusted for individual general characteristics, the adjusted odds ratio (AOR) of e-communication with healthcare providers associated with PHR use was 1.49 (1.19–1.86, P <.001), AOR was 2.06 (1.62–2.6, P <.001) on accessing to mHealth App, and 2.60 (1.86–3.63, P <.001) on having a usual source of care. However, the racial difference was not statistically significant after adjusting three factors promoting PHR use (AOR = 0.90, 95% CI = 0.66, 1.22, P =.48). Conclusions: Ethnic disparities were reduced when PHR use was facilitated by having a usual source of care, active e-communication, and having access to mHealth apps. Interventions focusing on these three factors may potentially reduce racial/ethnic disparities.
AB - Objectives: Personal health records (PHR) use has improved individuals’ health outcomes. The adoption of PHR remains low with documented racial disparities. We aim to determine factors associated with reducing racial and ethnic disparities among Hispanic adults in PHR use. Methods: Participants included non-Hispanic White (NHW) and Hispanic adults (age ≥ 18 years) enrolled in Health Information National Trends Survey in 2018 and 2019. We identified PHR use as online medical record access in the last 12 months. We considered three factors (1. accessing mHealth Apps on the phone, 2. having a usual source of care, and 3. electronically communicating (e-communication) with healthcare providers) as facilitating PHR use. Multivariable logistic regressions with replicate weights were analyzed to determine factors associated with racial/ethnic disparities in PHR use after controlling for general characteristics (i.e., sex, age, education, insurance status, and income). Results: A lower percentage of Hispanics than NHWs used PHR (42.0% vs. 53.5%, P <.001). When adjusted for individual general characteristics, the adjusted odds ratio (AOR) of e-communication with healthcare providers associated with PHR use was 1.49 (1.19–1.86, P <.001), AOR was 2.06 (1.62–2.6, P <.001) on accessing to mHealth App, and 2.60 (1.86–3.63, P <.001) on having a usual source of care. However, the racial difference was not statistically significant after adjusting three factors promoting PHR use (AOR = 0.90, 95% CI = 0.66, 1.22, P =.48). Conclusions: Ethnic disparities were reduced when PHR use was facilitated by having a usual source of care, active e-communication, and having access to mHealth apps. Interventions focusing on these three factors may potentially reduce racial/ethnic disparities.
KW - Hispanic
KW - Non-Hispanic White
KW - Personal Health Record
KW - Racial and ethnic disparities
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U2 - 10.1007/s40615-022-01307-5
DO - 10.1007/s40615-022-01307-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85128804513
SN - 2197-3792
VL - 10
SP - 1201
EP - 1211
JO - Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
JF - Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
IS - 3
ER -