Relationship of Rurality and Confidence in Video Skills With Persistent Nonuse of Video Appointments for Health Care.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Limited research has examined how technology and digital literacy may affect patients' use of video visits. This study explored the relationship of demographic factors and patient-reported confidence in digital literacy skills to access to video visits among patients who never used them during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

Using existing survey data, the current study examined data from respondents who did not engage in video appointments but instead attended face-to-face appointments between April and December 2020 for nonemergent health concerns. A multivariable logistic regression model was used to investigate whether demographic and social determinants of health factors, context of care (primary care or psychiatry/psychology), and digital literacy confidenc

SUBMITTER: Sharma P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11404652 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature