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Table 1 Baseline characteristics, stratified by cohort

From: Patient consent preferences on sharing personal health information during the COVID-19 pandemic: “the more informed we are, the more likely we are to help”

Demographic

Pandemic (N = 183)

Pre-Pandemic (N = 222)

p value

Treatment stage

 Pre-treatment

10 (5%)

22 (10%)

0.001

 Treatment

104 (57%)

87 (39%)

 

 Follow-up

69 (38%)

113 (51%)

 

Age

 18–34

2 (1%)

10 (5%)

0.005

 35–49

17 (9%)

28 (13%)

 

 50–74

139 (76%)

132 (59%)

 

 75+ 

24 (13%)

48 (22%)

 

 Rather not say

1 (1%)

4 (2%)

 

Sex

 Male

90 (49%)

112 (51%)

0.94

 Female

92 (50%)

108 (49%)

 

 Rather not say

1 (1%)

2 (1%)

 

Education

 High school or less

15 (8%)

42 (19%)

< 0.001

 Some post-secondary training

29 (16%)

35 (16%)

 

 Completed trade/college diploma

32 (17%)

36 (16%)

 

 Completed university degree

48 (26%)

62 (28%)

 

 Completed post-graduate degree

59 (32%)

41 (18%)

 

 Rather not say

0 (0%)

6 (3%)

 
  1. The bold values are statistically significant