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. 2020 Aug 12;8(8):e20359. doi: 10.2196/20359

Table 5.

Affinity matrix for medical outcomes and quality of life factors observed by older adults using telehealth.

Theme or observation References Number of occurrences (N=118) Probability of occurrence
Decrease in psychological distress [32,42,46,51,60,68,70,71,76] 21 19%
Increase in autonomy [29,34,35,46,48,52-54,56,62,67,75,76] 18 16%
Not reported [14-16,30,33,37-40,49,55,57-59,63-65,74] 18 16%
Increase in cognitive ability [27,28,31,41,50,51,54,69] 11 10%
Decrease in medical conditions surrounding diabetes [36,45,46,60,61,75] 9 8%
Increase in mindfulness of the condition [29,35,47,52,56,60,72,77] 8 7%
Increase in safety or security [29,31,53,56,62] 7 6%
Increase in health-related quality of life [29,32,44,53,67,69] 6 5%
Increase in activity or coordination [41,52,54,60] 6 5%
Decrease in medical conditions surrounding pain [42,43,66] 5 4%
Increase in documentation to give the provider [19,47,73] 3 3%
Increase in satisfaction [4,5,53] 3 3%
Increase in hospital metrics [26] 2 2%
Increase in guilt [60] 1 1%