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ArticleJournal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society2022

Telehealth Use Among Older Adults During COVID-19: Associations With Sociodemographic and Health Characteristics, Technology Device Ownership, and Technology Learning.

Namkee G Choi, Diana M DiNitto, C Nathan Marti, Bryan Y Choi

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Article in Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 114 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Namkee G ChoiSteve Hicks School of Social Work, 12330University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8382-1191
Diana M DiNittoSteve Hicks School of Social Work, 12330University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
C Nathan MartiSteve Hicks School of Social Work, 12330University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
Bryan Y ChoiDepartment of Emergency Medicine, 6556Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine & Bay Health, Dover, DE, USA.

Funding

The National Health and Trends StudyU01AG032947 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI VICKI A. FREEDMAN, JENNIFER ANN SCHRACK · 2008 to 2026
$169.4M
Program Development and Pilot CoreP30AG066614 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI KAREN L FINGERMAN · 2020 to 2026
$5.2M
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG066614NIA NIH HHS U01 AG032947
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic ushered in rapid telehealth/telemedicine adoption. In this study, we (1) examined rates and correlates of telehealth (video call) use among those aged 70+, and (2) tested the significance of access to information and communication technology (ICT) device ownership and knowledge of how to use the internet and devices as telehealth-enabling factors. The Behavioral Model of Health Services Use served as the conceptual framework, and data came from the COVID-19 supplemental survey of the National Health and Aging Trend Study. Results show that telehealth use increased to 21.1% from 4.6% pre-pandemic. In logistic regression models without technology-enabling factors, older age and lower income were negatively associated with telehealth use; however, when technology-enabling factors were included, they were significant while age and income were no longer significant. Insuring that older adults have ICT devices and internet access may reduce health disparities and improve telehealth care delivery.

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COVID-19TelemedicineAgedHumansOwnershipPandemicsSARS-CoV-2TechnologyCOVID-19information and communication technologylow-income older adultstechnology learningtelehealth

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PMID34608821
PMCPMC8847316

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