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Societal and individual determinants in the enrollment of personal health records: A preliminary investigation from China
Author(s) -
Zhang Ping,
Zhang Liuyi,
Wang Fang,
Cheng Yao,
Liang Yuan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the international journal of health planning and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1099-1751
pISSN - 0749-6753
DOI - 10.1002/hpm.2688
Subject(s) - medicine , affect (linguistics) , china , family medicine , cross sectional study , demographics , informed consent , environmental health , psychology , demography , alternative medicine , geography , archaeology , communication , pathology , sociology
Summary Background Although personal health records (PHRs) have many benefits, how to effectively enroll them is a worldwide concern, especially in developing countries, and there has been little research targeting both societal and individual factors that affect the enrollment of PHRs. Objective To provide evidence and recommendations for the sustainable development of PHRs combined societal and individual determinants. Methods A cross‐sectional door‐to‐door survey was conducted with a sample of 1100 individuals aged 15 and older in central China. The main measure was whether residents had enrolled in PHRs through the CHS. Results While the overall rate of PHR enrollment was only 27.93%, the willingness to enroll in PHRs among survey participants was much higher (75.86%). Statistically significant variables among societal level were proportion of acquaintances with PHRs and informed consent (OR = 17.09, OR = 31.06, respectively) and among individual level were age, education level, presence of doctor‐diagnosed hypertension, and willingness to enroll in PHRs. Conclusions Societal determinants would reveal the positive role of psychological bandwagon effect and the ethical principle of informed consent in enrolling PHRs, and individual determinants would reveal the priority demographics for enrolling PHRs, notably the elderly, those with a higher education level and hypertensive patients.