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. 2021 Jan 21;7:10. doi: 10.1038/s41531-020-00153-8

Table 3.

Adjusted analysis using telehealth use during COVID-19 pandemic as outcome.

Predictors Crudea Multivariableb
OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value
Age 0.31 (0.03–3.33) 0.331
Disease duration 3.30 (0.30–36.02) 0.327
Age at onset 3.27 (0.30–35.58) 0.330
Taking L-dopa 1.15 (0.81–1.62) 0.472 0.89 (0.57–1.39) 0.599
Received postsecondary education 1.85 (1.19–2.88) 0.007 2.05 (1.16–3.62) 0.013
Gender, female 0.84 (0.68–1.06) 0.139 0.95 (0.72–1.26) 0.736
Race, White 1.08 (0.74–1.57) 0.771 1.08 (0.66–1.76) 0.757
Income
 <50k Reference
 50–100k 1.05 (0.78–1.44) 0.721 1.11 (0.79–1.56) 0.558
 >100k 1.40 (1.00–1.94) 0.047 1.54 (1.06–2.24) 0.025
Employment
 Unemployed Reference
 Employed 0.54 (0.34–0.85) 0.007 0.46 (0.26–0.81) 0.007
 Retired 0.75 (0.52–1.09) 0.130 0.71 (0.42–1.20) 0.205
Self-reported COVID-19 diagnosis 1.06 (0.39–2.87) 1.000c 1.00 (0.29–3.43) 0.994
State (cases per 100,000)
 <200 Reference
 200–570 1.10 (0.67–1.79) 0.704 1.02 (0.57–1.82) 0.951
 >570 1.43 (0.86–2.38) 0.168 1.25 (0.68–2.28) 0.476
Nervous/anxious 1.14 (0.90–1.44) 0.280 0.82 (0.56–1.20) 0.307
Worry 1.20 (0.96–1.50) 0.124 1.10 (0.76–1.60) 0.606
Depressed/hopelessness 1.27 (1.01–1.58) 0.041 1.36 (0.93–1.97) 0.109
Little interest in doing things 1.21 (0.97–1.51) 0.099 1.14 (0.80–1.62) 0.483
Sleep interruption 1.13 (0.89–1.42) 0.338 1.07 (0.78–1.46) 0.690
Isolated 1.16 (0.93–1.45) 0.211 1.11 (0.80–1.55) 0.525
COVID-19 knowledge score 0.80 (0.54–1.20) 0.277
Had used telehealth before the pandemic 2.15 (1.40–3.31) <0.001 2.27 (1.34–3.85) 0.002

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval.

aChi-square test.

bLogistic regression.

cFisher’s exact.