Assessing Telemedicine Unreadiness Among Older Adults in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Intern Med. 2020 Oct 1;180(10):1389-1391. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.2671.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study uses 2018 data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study to assess the prevalence among older adults in the United States of unreadiness to access video or telephone telemedicine because of disability or inexperience with technology.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aging* / physiology
  • Aging* / psychology
  • Betacoronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • Cell Phone Use / statistics & numerical data
  • Communication Disorders* / epidemiology
  • Communication Disorders* / etiology
  • Computer Literacy / statistics & numerical data*
  • Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections* / ethnology
  • Coronavirus Infections* / therapy
  • Disability Evaluation*
  • Female
  • Health Services Accessibility / standards
  • Health Services Accessibility / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Independent Living / statistics & numerical data
  • Internet Access
  • Male
  • Needs Assessment
  • Pandemics*
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / ethnology
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / therapy
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Telemedicine* / methods
  • Telemedicine* / statistics & numerical data
  • United States / epidemiology