Table 2.
Subgroup analyses according to confinement place (N=132).
| Characteristic | Patients in the geriatric acute care unit | Residents in the long-term care and nursing home | ||||||
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Choice of telephone call (n=61) | Choice of video call (n=44) | P valuea | Choice of telephone call (n=12) | Choice of video call (n=15) | P valuea | |
| Sociodemographic data | ||||||||
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Age (years), mean (SD) | 88.5 (5.6) | 89.3 (5.2) | .49 | 86.8 (6.1) | 85.0 (9.6) | .59 | |
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Female gender, n (%) | 31 (51) | 26 (59) | .43 | 8 (67) | 13 (87) | .36 | |
| Communication with relatives, n (%) | ||||||||
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Capability of independently establishing communicationb | 22 (36) | 2 (5) | <.001 | 0 (0) | 1 (7) | >.99 | |
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High degree of satisfaction (≥5/6)c | 40 (98) | 33 (87) | .10 | 6 (50) | 14 (93) | .02 | |
aComparisons based on chi-square test or exact Fisher test for qualitative variables and Student t test or Mann-Whitney U test for quantitative variables, as appropriate.
bData missing for 1 participant in the long-term care and nursing home.
c Data missing for 26 participants in the geriatric acute care unit.