Table 1.

Characteristics of Rural and Remote Memory Clinic patients (n=223)

	N	%
Gender
Male	128	57.4
Female	95	42.6
Agea (Mean, range, SD)	71.5 (41–91, 11.0)
< 65	52	23.3
65–74	46	20.6
75–84	81	36.3
≥ 85	21	9.4
Missing	23	10.3
Marital Status
Married/Common-law	131	58.7
Widowed/separated/divorced	50	22.4
Never married	4	1.8
Missing	38	17.0
Education (Mean, range, SD)	10.8 (3–20, 3.3)
Less than high school graduation	100	44.8
High school graduation	19	8.5
Beyond high school graduation	65	29.1
Missing	39	17.5
Language spoken most often at time
English	162	72.6
Other than English	10	4.5
Missing	51	22.9
Place of residenceb
Strong MIZ	94	42.1
Moderate MIZ	36	16.1
Weak MIZ	71	31.8
No MIZ	22	9.9
Chronic conditions
No chronic conditions	2	0.9
1–2	21	9.4
3–4	50	22.4
5 or more chronic conditions	114	51.1
Missing	36	16.1
Diagnosisc
Alzheimer’s disease	85	38.1
Mild cognitive impairment	25	11.2
Related Dementiab	49	22.0
Dementia not diagnosed	40	17.9
Missing	24	10.8
Distance (km) to telehealth site (Mean, range, SD)	33.0 (1–150, 42.1)
Distance (km) to Memory Clinic site (Mean, range, SD)	260.9 (103–595, 102.3)
Distance one-way (km) saved by telehealth (Mean, range, SD)	227.9 (34–594, 106.5)

^aAt Clinic Day

^bIn strong Metropolitan Influenced Zone (MIZ) communities, 30% or more of the workforce commutes for work to a census metropolitan area (CMA) (≥100,000 population) or to a census agglomeration (CA) (≥10,000); moderate MIZ communities, 5% to 29% of the workforce commutes to a CMA/CA; weak MIZ, <5% commute to a CMA/CA; and no MIZ, none of the workforce commutes to a CMA/CA.³⁴

^cVascular dementia, Dementia with lewy bodies, Frontotemporal dementia, Dementia multiple etiologies, Vascular cognitive impairment, Parkinson’s Disease, Huntington’s disease, normal pressure hydrocephalus, dementia due to other general medical conditions, cognitive impairment not otherwise specified.

SD, standard deviation.