Rodríguez-Fernández, Jorge M; Danies, Emily; Hoertel, Nicolas; Galanter, William; Saner, Hugo; Franco, Oscar H. (2022). Telemedicine Readiness Across Medical Conditions in a US National Representative Sample of Older Adults. Journal of applied gerontology, 41(4), pp. 982-992. Sage 10.1177/07334648211056231
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Telemedicine has provided older adults the ability to seek care remotely during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. However, it is unclear how diverse medical conditions play a role in telemedicine uptake. A total of 3379 participants (≥65 years) were interviewed in 2018 as part of the National Health and Aging Trends Study. We assessed telemedicine readiness across multiple medical conditions. Most chronic medical conditions and mood symptoms were significantly associated with telemedicine unreadiness, for physical or technical reasons or both, while cancer, hypertension, and arthritis were significantly associated with telemedicine readiness. Our findings suggest that multiple medical conditions play a substantial role in telemedicine uptake among older adults in the US. Therefore, comorbidities should be taken into consideration when promoting and adopting telemedicine technologies among older adults.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Saner, Hugo Ernst, Franco Duran, Oscar Horacio |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services |
ISSN: |
0733-4648 |
Publisher: |
Sage |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Andrea Flükiger-Flückiger |
Date Deposited: |
09 Dec 2021 20:25 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:55 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1177/07334648211056231 |
PubMed ID: |
34855553 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
COVID-19 chronic diseases mood disorders telemedicine telemedicine readiness |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/162014 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/162014 |
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