Use of Information Communication Technologies by older people and telemedicine adoption during COVID-19: a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate how ICT factors relate to the use of telemedicine by older people in Ireland during the pandemic in 2020. Furthermore, the paper tested whether the supply of primary care, measured by General Practitioner's (GP) accessibility, influenced people's telemedicine options.

Method

Based on two waves from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), a nationally representative sample, multivariate logistic models were applied to examine the association between pre-pandemic use of ICTs and telemedicine usage (GP, pharmacist, hospital doctor), controlling for a series of demographic, health, and socioeconomic characteristics.

Results

Previously reporting having internet access was a statistically positive predictor for telemedicine usage. The avail

SUBMITTER: Mao L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10654849 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature