Characteristics of Study Participants, Stratified by Video Visit Status
| Ever had a video visit? | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (n = 214) | Yes (n = 62) | No (n = 152) | ||
| Characteristics | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p-Value |
| Demographics | ||||
| Age | 0.008 | |||
| Under 60 | 52 (24.3%) | 22 (35.5%) | 30 (19.7%) | |
| 60 to 79 | 113 (52.8%) | 33 (53.2%) | 80 (52.6%) | |
| 80 or older | 49 (22.9%) | 7 (11.3%) | 42 (27.6%) | |
| Female | 142 (66.4%) | 45 (72.6%) | 97 (63.8%) | 0.22 |
| Race | 0.57 | |||
| Other | 83 (38.8%) | 27 (43.5%) | 56 (36.8%) | |
| Mixed | 6 (2.8%) | 2 (3.2%) | 4 (2.6%) | |
| Black | 55 (25.7%) | 17 (27.4%) | 38 (25.0%) | |
| White | 70 (32.7%) | 16 (25.8%) | 54 (35.5%) | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 65 (30.4%) | 24 (38.7%) | 41 (27.0%) | 0.090 |
| Insurance | 0.013 | |||
| Other | 35 (16.4%) | 10 (16.1%) | 25 (16.4%) | |
| Medicare | 142 (66.4%) | 34 (54.8%) | 108 (71.1%) | |
| Medicaid | 37 (17.3%) | 18 (29.0%) | 19 (12.5%) | |
| Social risk factors | ||||
| Feel lonely | 34 (15.9%) | 12 (19.4%) | 22 (14.5%) | 0.38 |
| Has enough food at home | 197 (92.1%) | 59 (95.2%) | 138 (90.8%) | 0.41 |
| Has a steady place to live today | 200 (93.5%) | 57 (91.9%) | 143 (94.1%) | 0.55 |
| Has help in home with daily activities | 110 (51.4%) | 35 (56.5%) | 75 (49.3%) | 0.35 |
| Clinical risk factors | ||||
| Feel anxious or sad | 42 (19.6%) | 12 (19.4%) | 30 (19.7%) | 0.95 |
| Currently has medications that need to be refilled | 83 (38.8%) | 24 (38.7%) | 59 (38.8%) | 0.99 |
| Had symptoms unrelated to COVID (during the COVID pandemic since March 2020) | 102 (47.7%) | 35 (56.5%) | 67 (44.1%) | 0.10 |
| Number of symptoms unrelated to COVID, median (IQRa) | 0 (0, 2.0) | 1.0 (0, 3.0) | 0 (0, 1.0) | 0.011 |
| Practice level and health care system related factors | ||||
| Type of primary care provider: Attending | 109 (50.9%) | 28 (45.2%) | 81 (53.3%) | 0.28 |
| Test/Procedure canceled/rescheduled | 68 (31.8%) | 22 (35.5%) | 46 (30.3%) | 0.46 |
| Comforta with in-person health visit, median (IQR) | 1.0 (1.0, 3.0) | 1.0 (1.0, 3.0) | 1.0 (1.0, 4.0) | 0.47 |
| Difficulty getting care at our practice (Very/Extremely) | 36 (16.9%) | 9 (14.8%) | 27 (17.8%) | 0.60 |
| How well-connected to PCP at WCIMA (Very well/Somewhat) | 169 (79%) | 52 (83.9%) | 117 (77.0%) | 0.26 |
| Experienced any barriers to receiving your medications | 29 (13.6%) | 3 (4.8%) | 26 (17.1%) | 0.017 |
| Had a contact with a doctor/health care system for non-COVID related symptoms | 65 (64.4%) | 28 (80%) | 37 (56%) | 0.017 |
| Technology-related factors | ||||
| Confidence in installing video software on computer/smart phone | <0.001 | |||
| Very confident | 75 (35%) | 36 (58.1%) | 39 (25.7%) | |
| Somewhat confident | 32 (15%) | 12 (19.4%) | 20 (13.2%) | |
| Not confident/unsure how to install | 107 (50%) | 14 (22.6%) | 93 (61.2%) | |
↵a A value of 1 indicates “Completely comfortable” and 5 indicates “Completely uncomfortable”.
Abbreviations: IQR, Inter-quartile range; PCP, Primary care provider; WCIMA, Weill Cornell Internal Medicine Associates.