Table 1.
Patient and Attending Details for Logged Tele-Encounters (n = 223)
| #Encounters | (%) | #Encounters | (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patientgender | Patient 1° med-surg disorder | ||||
| F | 82 | (36.77) | Cardiac | 1 | (0.45) |
| M | 123 | (55.16) | Gastrointestinal/Hepatic | 57 | (25.56) |
| O | 18 | (8.07) | Infectious disease | 40 | (17.94) |
| Nephrological | 9 | (4.04) | |||
| Patientage ([22, 82], mean = 51.6, SD = 16.6)∗ | Neurological | 6 | (2.69) | ||
| <30 | 32 | (14.41) | Oncological | 75 | (33.63) |
| 30-39 | 20 | (9.01) | Pulmonary | 7 | (3.14) |
| 40-49 | 38 | (17.12) | Other | 28 | (12.56) |
| 50-59 | 49 | (22.07) | |||
| 60-69 | 57 | (25.68) | Patient1°psychiatric disorder | ||
| 70-79 | 19 | (8.56) | Adjustment disorder | 26 | (11.66) |
| 80-89 | 7 | (3.15) | Anxiety disorder | 34 | (15.25) |
| Delirium | 18 | (8.07) | |||
| Patientlocation | Dementia | 7 | (3.14) | ||
| Inpatient | 118 | (52.91) | Mood disorder | 72 | (32.29) |
| Outpatient | 105 | (47.09) | PTSD/acute stress | 1 | (0.45) |
| Psychotic disorder | 11 | (4.93) | |||
| Patientpreferred language | Somatoform disorder | 1 | (0.45) | ||
| Chinese | 2 | (0.9) | Substance disorder | 36 | (16.14) |
| English | 164 | (73.54) | Other | 17 | (7.62) |
| German | 7 | (3.14) | |||
| Greek | 2 | (0.9) | Patient setting/location | ||
| Spanish | 48 | (21.52) | Outpatient | 105 | (47.1) |
| Inpatient | 118 | (52.9) | |||
| Age of attending involved in the encounter | Involved attending's tech history† | ||||
| <40 | 144 | (64.57) | Any | 221 | (99.1) |
| 40-49 | 76 | (34.08) | Computer | 160 | (71.75) |
| 50-59 | 1 | (0.45) | Internet | 157 | (70.4) |
| 60-69 | 2 | (0.9) | Cell phone | 44 | (19.73) |
PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder.
∗
n = 222 because of missing datum in one record.
†
What kinds of tech they had access to in first year of undergraduate education.