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. 2020 Sep 3;22(9):e21012. doi: 10.2196/21012

Table 1.

Sample characteristics by the levels of the intention to use telehealth services if offered by a health care provider.

Variables Total sample (n=322) Very likely (n=137) Somewhat likely (n=117) Not very likely (n=25) Would not use (n=43) P valuea
Categorical, n (%)






Female 261 (81) 111 (81) 91 (78) 21 (84) 38 (88) .54

Hispanic 310 (97) 133 (98) 112 (97) 24 (100) 41 (95) .58

Incomeb <$20K 219 (74) 100 (79) 71 (65) 18 (72) 30 (81) .33

High school graduate 191 (59) 78 (57) 71 (61) 19 (76) 23 (54) .56

Employed 131 (42) 53 (40) 56 (48) 12 (50) 10 (24) .70

US-born 117 (37) 39 (29) 49 (42) 11 (46) 18 (43) .01

English survey 126 (39) 40 (29) 51 (44) 14 (56) 21 (48) .01

Married 181 (56) 77 (56) 66 (56) 11 (44) 27 (63) .92

Insured 65 (20) 29 (21) 22 (19) 4 (16) 10 (23) .84

Health status







Fair/poor 136 (42) 55 (40) 48 (41) 9 (36) 24 (56) .26


Chronic condition 124 (39) 57 (42) 42 (36) 9 (36) 16 (37) .37

Internet skills







Gone onlinec 193 (60) 76 (56) 77 (66) 19 (76) 21 (49) .45


Not/not very skilled 118 (39) 56 (43) 35 (31) 9 (38) 18 (46) .53

Telehealth







Telehealth ready 77 (24) 33 (24) 30 (26) 6 (24) 8 (19) .69


Heard of telehealth 30 (9) 11 (8) 14 (12) 4 (16) 1 (2) .92
Continuous, mean (SD)






Age in years 43 (14) 44 (14) 41 (14) 41 (12) 46 (17) .62

eHEALSd 28 (7) 28 (7) 28 (7) 29(6) 25 (9) .03

Telehealth attitudes 30 (6) 34 (5) 30 (4) 28 (5) 23 (6) <.001

aWald chi-square test.

bAnnual household income.

cGone online to access the internet or to send and receive emails.

deHEALS: eHealth Literacy Scale.