Table 3.

Univariate Poisson Regressions Examining the Relationships between Communication with Friends and Family and Healthcare Providers during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

	Doctor-Patient Communication Modalities During the COVID-19 Pandemic
	Emails			Video Calls			Phone Calls			In-Person
	95% CI			95% CI			95% CI			95% CI
	aPR	Lower	Upper	aPR	Lower	Upper	aPR	Lower	Upper	aPR	Lower	Upper
Friends and family communication modalities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Emails	5.66	[4.02	7.95]	2.57	[2.15	3.07]	2.23	[0.92	5.40]	1.02	[0.84	1.25]
Video calls	2.06	[1.62	2.62]	2.60	[2.16	3.13]	1.79	[0.85	3.80]	0.91	[0.74	1.11]
Phone calls	1.10	0.89	1.23]	1.07	[0.96	1.17]	1.49	[1.03	2.15]	1.05	[0.94	1.17]
In-person	0.00	[0.89	1.22]	0.93	[0.84	1.03]	1.06	[0.77	1.45]	1.08	[0.96	1.21]
Doctor-patient communication modalities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Emails
Video calls	2.86	[2.42	3.38]
Phone calls	2.51	[2.02	3.12]	2.37	[1.89	2.96]
In-person	0.89	[0.76	1.05]	0.88	[0.74	1.04]	1.06	[0.96	1.18]

Notes. All models adjust for confounders (marital status, gender, age, a sum score of all self-reported health conditions, pre-COVID mental health symptoms, and living alone). Bold indicates significance at the <0.05 level. aPR is an abbreviation for adjusted prevalence ratio.