How important is it to protect certain types of health information?
Protection is important GER (n=122) UK (n=122) B (n=152) Total (n=396)
Mental health history 84.4% 79.5% 80.3% 81.3%
Heart diseases 62.3% 66.4% 61.9% 63.4%
Genetic test results (p=0.02) 82.8% 73.0% 80.9% 79.0%
Drug/alcohol history 63.9% 66.3% 71.7% 67.7%
HIV/Aids 82.8% 72.1% 77.6% 77.5%
Family history of cancer (p=0.006) 69.7% 65.5% 60.5% 64.9%
Alzheimer’s disease 61.5% 67.2% 61.9% 63.4%
Allergies (p<0.001) 36.1% 61.5% 40.8% 45.7%
Table 2: Participant appraisal of the importance to protect health information.