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Patients who reported being ever diagnosed with cancer were included in the study population. Their portal usage frequency was considered as an intervention. Patient\u2019s self-care self-efficacy and satisfaction in care were the primary outcomes considered and they were measured by survey respondents\u2019 self-reported information. A set of conditional independence tests based on the causal diagram was developed to examine the causal relationship between patient portal usage and the targeted outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A total of 2579 were identified as patients with cancer or cancer survivors. We identified patient portals\u2019 impact on strengthening patients\u2019 ability to take care of their own health (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.02, for the test rejecting which is necessary for the expected causal relationship, ie, the portal usage impacts the target outcome;<jats:italic> P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.06, for the test rejecting which is necessary for the reverse causal relationship), and we identified heterogenous causal relationships between frequent patient portal usage and patients\u2019 perceived quality of care (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.04 and <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.001, for the tests rejecting both suggests heterogeneous causal relationships). We could not conclusively determine the causal relationship between patient portal usage and patients\u2019 confidence in getting advice or information about health or cancer care related topics (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&gt;\u2009.05 for both tests, suggesting inconclusive causal directions).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The results advocate patient portals and promote the need to provide better support and education to patients. 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