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The Mobile Health Readiness of People Receiving In-Center Hemodialysis and Home Dialysis

Wael F. Hussein, Paul N. Bennett, Sloane Pace, Shijie Chen, Veronica Legg, Jugjeet Atwal, Sumi Sun and Brigitte Schiller
CJASN January 2021, 16 (1) 98-106; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.11690720
Wael F. Hussein
1Medical Clinical Affairs, Satellite Healthcare Inc., San Jose, California
2Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California
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Paul N. Bennett
3Clinical & Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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Sloane Pace
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Shijie Chen
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Veronica Legg
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Jugjeet Atwal
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Sumi Sun
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Brigitte Schiller
1Medical Clinical Affairs, Satellite Healthcare Inc., San Jose, California
2Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California
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    Participant flow chart: Number of patients in participating centers, individuals approached for participation, and individuals who participated in the survey. *Home dialysis incompletions were not recorded (home dialysis includes peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis); #non-California = Texas and Tennessee.

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    Participants indicated they used or intended to use mobile health for a variety of tasks related to health management.

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    Unadjusted associations are shown between participant characteristics and mobile health proficiency. n=949 except for age group (three missing), sex (31 missing), ethnicity (nine missing), race (27 missing), and educational level (seven missing). 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; Ref, reference.

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    Multivariable associations are shown between participant characteristics and mobile health proficiency. Complete patient analysis, n=891. 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; Ref, reference.

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    Characteristics of patients on dialysis survey participants

    CharacteristicOverall (%)In-Center Hemodialysis (%)Home Dialysis (%)
    No. of participants (row %)949 (100)632 (67)317 (33)
    California770 (81)510 (81)260 (82)
    Age group, yr
     Under 45146 (15)80 (13)66 (21)
     45–60305 (32)191 (30)114 (36)
     61–70241 (26)180 (29)61 (19)
     Over 70254 (27)181 (29)73 (23)
    Women348 (37)230 (36)118 (37)
    Hispanic or Latinx = yes (“no” group not shown)302 (32)216 (34)86 (27)
    Black = yes (“no” group not shown)181 (19)119 (19)62 (20)
    Primary spoken languagea
     English758 (80)515 (82)243 (77)
     Spanish150 (16)110 (17)40 (13)
     Other77 (8)39 (6)38 (12)
    Insurance coverageb
     Medicare661 (70)445 (70)216 (68)
     Medicaid177 (19)129 (20)48 (15)
     Commercial288 (30)209 (33)79 (25)
    Education
     Less than high school diploma140 (15)109 (17)31 (10)
     High school diploma261 (28)185 (29)76 (24)
     Some college or more541 (57)337 (53)204 (64)
    Currently employed or student = yes (“no” group not shown)171 (18)72 (11)99 (31)
    • ↵a Percentages do not add up to 100% as some patients reported more than one primary spoken language.

    • ↵b Percentages do not add up to 100% as some patients have more than one type of coverage. n (column percentage) is shown except for number of participants, where percentage is row percentage. Number of missing values: age group, three; sex, 31; ethnicity, nine; race, 27; and educational level, seven.

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    Mobile health technological readiness (in-center hemodialysis and home dialysis)

    CharacteristicOverallIn-Center HemodialysisHome Dialysis
    Internet use (yes)a686 (72%)426 (68%)260 (83%)
    Frequency of internet useb
     Daily505 (74%)298 (70%)207 (80%)
     More than once weekly112 (16%)84 (20%)28 (11%)
     Less often62 (9%)44 (10%)18 (7%)
    Requires assistance to use the internet (yes)73 (11%)50 (12%)23 (9%)
    Reason for not using the internet,c n26320657
     Don’t know how100 (38%)83 (40%)17 (30%)
     Don’t want to116 (44%)91 (44%)25 (44%)
     No internet-capable device28 (11%)21 (10%)7 (12%)
     No internet access26 (10%)19 (9%)7 (12%)
     Other14 (5%)13 (6%)1 (2%)
    Device availabilitya
     Smartphone764 (81%)513 (81%)251 (79%)
     Tablet481 (51%)320 (51%)161 (51%)
     Laptop489 (52%)321 (51%)168 (53%)
     Desktop357 (38%)227 (36%)130 (41%)
     Wearable94 (10%)61 (10%)33 (10%)
     None78 (8%)65 (10%)13 (4%)
    Technological readiness667 (70%)421 (67%)246 (78%)
    • ↵a Percentages in this section are from all respondents.

    • ↵b Percentages in this section are from those who reported using the internet.

    • ↵c Percentages in this section are from those who reported not using the internet. N (column percentage) is shown except for internet use (yes), where percentage is row percentage. Number of missing values: internet use, three; frequency of use, ten; need for assistance, ten; and other variables, zero.

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    Mobile health proficiency (in-center hemodialysis and home dialysis)

    CharacteristicOverall (%)In-Center Hemodialysis (%)Home Dialysis (%)
    Level of proficiency
     None or basic289 (30)216 (34)73 (23)
     Intermediate or advanced660 (70)416 (66)244 (77)

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Wael F. Hussein, Paul N. Bennett, Sloane Pace, Shijie Chen, Veronica Legg, Jugjeet Atwal, Sumi Sun, Brigitte Schiller
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