Trial reportJMIR mHealth and uHealth2020
Communication Technology Preferences of Hospitalized and Institutionalized Frail Older Adults During COVID-19 Confinement: Cross-Sectional Survey Study.
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Telephony Or Videophony for Isolated elDerly in Maine-Et-Loire 49 During COVID-19
Who cites it
35 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 97 citations in OpenAlex.
- Facilitators and Barriers to the Adoption of Telemedicine During the First Year of COVID-19: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
- Video Calls for Older Adults: A Narrative Review of Experiments Involving Older Adults in Elderly Care Institutions.Frontiers in public healthPooled it
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- It is Not Only About Staying Alive: A Living Systematic Review of Social Care Strategies for Older Adults in Residential Care Facilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of social work (London, England) · 2026Article
- Did frailty influence older adults' choices of communication methods during COVID-19?BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Family visits among nursing home residents during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Factors Influencing Communication for Older Adults in Residential and Community Aged Care: A Scoping Review.The Gerontologist · 2025Article
- Experiences of Communication and Working During the Covid-19 Pandemic Among Nursing Home Staff: A Qualitative Interview Study.Nursing open · 2025Article
- Identifying models of care to support residents in long-term care homes (LTCHs) both during and beyond COVID-19.PloS one · 2025Article
- Effects of User-Reported Risk Factors and Follow-Up Care Activities on Satisfaction With a COVID-19 Chatbot: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2023Article
- Nonface-to-Face Visitation to Restrict Patient Visits for Infection Control: Integrative Review.Interactive journal of medical research · 2023Review
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- Remote Communication and Loneliness During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Can Digital Communication Protect Against Depression for Older Adults With Hearing and Vision Impairment During COVID-19?The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2023Article
- Lifestyle and body composition changes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis during the COVID-19 pandemic: A retrospective, observational study.Osteoporosis and sarcopenia · 2023Article
- Use of Digital Technologies to Maintain Older Adults' Social Ties During Visitation Restrictions in Long-Term Care Facilities: Scoping Review.JMIR aging · 2023Article
- Analyzing the use of videoconference by and for older adults in nursing homes: an interdisciplinary approach to learn from the pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Residents' experiences of encounters with staff and communication in nursing homes during the Covid-19 pandemic: a qualitative interview study.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Dental Prosthetic Rehabilitation Interventions in Elderly Patients Hospitalized in the Nursing Homes of the Lombardy Region: A Retrospective Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Digital interventions for people with dementia and carers: effective, cost-effective and equitable?Neurodegenerative disease management · 2022Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundTechnological communication methods such as telephone calls and video calls can help prevent social isolation and loneliness in frail older adults during confinement.
objectiveOur objectives were to determine which virtual communication method (ie, telephone call or video call) was preferred by confined older hospital patients and nursing home residents and the variables influencing this preference.
methodsThe TOVID (Telephony Or Videophony for Isolated elDerly) study was a cross-sectional study that was designed to examine the preference between telephone calls and video calls among frail older adults who were either hospitalized in a geriatric acute care unit or institutionalized in a long-term care and nursing home during the COVID-19 confinement period.
resultsA total of 132 older people were surveyed between March 25 and May 11, 2020 (mean age 88.2 years, SD 6.2); 79 (59.8%) were women. Patients hospitalized in the geriatric acute care unit were more able to establish communication independently than residents institutionalized in the long-term care and nursing home (P=.03) and were more satisfied with their communication experiences (P=.02). Overall, older people tended to favor telephone calls (73/132, 55.3%) over video calls (59/132, 44.7%); however, their satisfaction degree was similar regardless of the chosen method (P=.1), with no effect of age (P=.97) or gender (P=.2). In the geriatric acute care unit, the satisfaction degrees were similar for telephone calls (40/41, 98%) and video calls (33/38, 87%) in older patients (P=.10). Conversely, in the long-term care and nursing home, residents were more satisfied with the use of video calls to communicate with their relatives (14/15, 93%) versus the use of telephone calls (6/12, 50%; P=.02).
conclusionsOlder people confined to health care settings were able to complete telephone calls more independently than video calls, and they tended to use telephone calls more often than video calls. The satisfaction degrees were similar with both modalities and even greater with video calls among long-term care and nursing home residents when they were given assistance to establish communication.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT04333849: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04333849.
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