Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of adult outpatient psychiatry clinic patients who chose telepsychiatry visits by telephone or video through a patient portal.
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Telephone (n=49) | Video (n=79) | Video over telephone visits, odds ratio (95% CI) | P value | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 49.5 (2.1) | 37.7 (11.7) | N/Aa | <.001 | |
| Age groups (years), n (row %) | <.001 | ||||
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18-34 (reference) | 10 (23) | 34 (77) | N/A |
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35-54 | 20 (34) | 39 (66) | 0.57 (0.24-1.39) |
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≥55 | 19 (76) | 6 (24) | 0.09 (0.03-0.30) |
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| Gender, n (row %) | .08 | ||||
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Male (reference) | 14 (29) | 35 (71) | N/A |
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Female | 35 (44) | 44 (56) | 1.47 (0.61-3.59) |
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| Race, n (row %) | .38 | ||||
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White (reference) | 18 (43) | 24 (57) | N/A |
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Black/African American | 19 (40) | 29 (60) | 1.44 (0.49-2.66) |
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Asian | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | N/A |
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Native American | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | N/A |
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Other (including Hispanic/Latino) | 2 (25) | 6 (75) | 2.22 (0.34-24.96) |
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Declined | 8 (30) | 19 (70) | 1.78 (0.64-4.98) |
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| Ethnicity, n (row %) | .94 | ||||
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Not Hispanic/Latino (reference) | 37 (39) | 57 (61) | N/A |
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Hispanic/Latino | 11 (37) | 19 (63) | 1.12 (0.48-2.62) |
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Declined | 1 (25) | 3 (75) | 1.94 (0.15-104.95) |
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| Insurance, n (row %) | .67 | ||||
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Public (Medicare/Medicaid; reference) | 36 (41) | 52 (59) | N/A |
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Private | 9 (31) | 20 (69) | 1.54 (0.63-3.76) |
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Uninsured | 4 (36) | 7 (64) | 1.21 (0.28-6.06) |
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| Homeless, n (row %) | .06 | ||||
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Not homeless (reference) | 39 (37) | 66 (63) | N/A |
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Homeless | 10 (56) | 8 (44) | 0.47 (0.17-1.30) |
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Unknown | 0 (0) | 5 (100) | 6.53 (0.35-121.36) |
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aN/A: not applicable.