Predictive variables of the use of personal health record: the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires study.
BACKGROUND
although trends in consumer research suggest growing interest in using electronic PHRs, actual utilization of PHRs technologies is still low.


OBJECTIVE
to identify those conditions that make patients at Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires (HIBA) use a PHR.


METHODS
Analytic Cross-sectional study.


RESULTS
the average age was 55.5 years (SD 19.8), 60.5% were female (39.5%, IC95%). The rate of enrolled were almost 50% and the rate of people usage was 29.1% (95% IC 28, 87 - 29.4). The patient's characteristics that influence in PHR usage were: the presence of at least one comorbidity (disabilities or chronic conditions), look for medical assistance during the last year, female and middle age.


CONCLUSIONS
In this study the patient's characteristics that were most likely to use our PHR were similar to what another authors published. Future research is needed to understand social, cultural and organizational issues that influences into the rate of adoption and usage.
Department of Health Informatics, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Marcela
M
Martinez
Analía
A
Baum
Ana María
AM
Gomez Saldaño
Adrian
A
Gomez
Daniel
D
Luna
Fernán
F
González Bernaldo de Quirós
D017677:Age Distribution; D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D057220:Health Literacy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057240:Patient Preference / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014600:Utilization Review