Table 4 Perceived service enhancement and perceived adequacy of technological capability or innovation by area
All respondents (N = 154) | Metro (N = 99) | Regional (N = 49) | Remote (N = 6) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Item | Mean (SD) | Min-Max | N | Mean (SD) | Min-Max | N | Mean (SD) | Min-Max | N | Mean (SD) | Min-Max | N |
Confident utilising digital health to provide PC | 3.72 (0.89) | 1.00–5.00 | 148 | 3.70 (0.87) | 1.00–5.00 | 94 | 3.81 (0.87) | 1.00–5.00 | 48 | 3.17 (1.33) | 1.00–4.00 | 6 |
Missing | 6 | 5 | 1 | – | ||||||||
PC can be enhanced through digital health | 4.21 (0.69) | 1.00–5.00 | 145 | 4.27 (0.63) | 3.00–5.00 | 92 | 4.17 (0.78) | 1.00–5.00 | 48 | 3.60 (0.55) | 3.00–4.00 | 5 |
Missing | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Supportive of ongoing innovation through digitally enabled models of care that improve quality and access to PC | 4.27 (0.75) | 1.00–5.00 | 149 | 4.38 (0.57) | 3.00–5.00 | 95 | 4.13 (0.89) | 1.00–5.00 | 48 | 3.67 (1.56) | 1.00–5.00 | 6 |
Missing | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | ||||||||
Concerned about the safety and confidentiality of patient information in digital health | 3.15 (1.01) | 1.00–5.00 | 148 | 3.16 (0.98) | 1.00–5.00 | 95 | 3.15 (0.98) | 1.00–5.00 | 47 | 3.00 (1.67) | 1.00–5.00 | 6 |
Missing | 6 | 4 | 2 | – | ||||||||
Do not have access to sufficient technical help to support me using digital health applications | 2.91 (1.03) | 1.00–5.00 | 148 | 2.95 (1.05) | 1.00–5.00 | 94 | 2.79 (0.90) | 1.00–5.00 | 48 | 3.33 (1.63) | 1.00–5.00 | 6 |
Missing | 6 | 5 | 1 | – | ||||||||
Would like access to training and/or educational resources to support my use of digital health in PC | 3.88 (0.77) | 1.00–5.00 | 147 | 3.88 (0.78) | 1.00–5.00 | 93 | 3.90 (0.66) | 2.00–5.00 | 48 | 3.83 (1.47) | 1.00–5.00 | 6 |
Missing | 7 | 6 | 1 | – | ||||||||