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ArticleJournal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA2021

Racial and ethnic differences in self-reported telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic: a secondary analysis of a US survey of internet users from late March.

Celeste Campos-Castillo, Denise Anthony

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Article in Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05587517 (A Clinical Trial of Interventions to Support Family Surrogates of Critically Ill Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 109 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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NCT05587517 phase2recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

A Clinical Trial of Interventions to Support Family Surrogates of Critically Ill Patients

TypeinterventionalSponsorWeill Medical College of Cornell UniversityRan2022 to 2027Enrolled172ConditionsGrief, Trauma, Psychotherapy, Critical CareArmsEMPOWER, Supportive Conversation
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  20. The Relationship Between Technology Use and Medication Access in Older Adults in Puerto Rico.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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2 authors.

Celeste Campos-CastilloDepartment of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Denise AnthonyDepartment of Health Management & Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveWidespread technological changes, like the rapid uptake of telehealth in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic, risk creating or widening racial/ethnic disparities. We conducted a secondary analysis of a cross-sectional, nationally representative survey of internet users to evaluate whether there were racial/ethnic disparities in self-reported telehealth use early in the pandemic. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe Pew Research Center fielded the survey March 19-24, 2020. Telehealth use because of the pandemic was measured by asking whether respondents (N = 10 624) "used the internet or e-mail to connect with doctors or other medical professionals as a result of the coronavirus outbreak." We conducted survey-weighted logistic regressions, adjusting for respondents' socioeconomic characteristics and perceived threat of the pandemic to their own health (eg, no threat, minor, major).

resultsApproximately 17% of respondents reported using telehealth because of the pandemic, with significantly higher unadjusted odds among Blacks, Latinos, and those identified with other race compared to White respondents. The multivariable logistic regressions and sensitivity analyses show Black respondents were more likely than Whites to report using telehealth because of the pandemic, particularly when perceiving the pandemic as a minor threat to their own health. DISCUSSION: Black respondents are most likely to report using telehealth because of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly when they perceive the pandemic as a minor health threat.

conclusionThe systemic racism creating health and health care disparities has likely raised the need for telehealth among Black patients during the pandemic. Findings suggest opportunities to leverage a broadly defined set of telehealth tools to reduce health care disparities postpandemic.

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COVID-19Black or African AmericanEthnicityHealthcare DisparitiesHumansInternetLogistic ModelsPandemicsRacial GroupsRacismSelf ReportSurveys and QuestionnairesTelemedicineUnited StatesCOVID-19digital dividedigital inequalityracial and ethnic disparitiesstructural racismtelehealth

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PMID32894772
PMCPMC7499625

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