Table 1.
Participant characteristics (N=28).
| Participant characteristics | Participantsa | |
| Age (years), mean (range) | 44 (30-74) | |
| Genderb, n (%) | ||
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Woman | 15 (54) |
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Man | 12 (43) |
| Clinical profession, n (%) | ||
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Doctor of medicine (MD) | 26 (93) |
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Nurse practitioner (NP)c | 2 (7) |
| Medical discipline, n (%) | ||
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Geriatrics | 23 (82) |
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Geriatric psychiatry | 5 (18) |
| Years of professional experience, n (%) | ||
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Less than 3 years | 6 (21) |
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4-10 years | 10 (36) |
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More than 10 years | 12 (43) |
| Patient setting, n (%) | ||
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Outpatient | 25 (89) |
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Otherd | 3 (11) |
| Used telemedicine prior to COVID-19, n (%) | ||
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Yes | 13 (46) |
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No | 15 (54) |
| Experience with telemedicine, n (%) | ||
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3-6 months | 2 (7) |
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6 months-1 year | 15 (54) |
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More than 1 year | 11 (39) |
| Frequency of telemedicine use, n (%) | ||
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Rarely | 1 (4) |
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Sometimes | 5 (18) |
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Often | 20 (71) |
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Always | 2 (7) |
| Types of telemedicine platforms, n (%) | ||
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OTNe videoconferencing | 5 (18) |
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Zoom/Skype/Google Hangouts/Facetime | 4 (14) |
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Combination of telemedicine platformsf | 19 (68) |
aThe survey results of 2 participants were not collected, 1 participant declined to complete the survey, and 1 participant’s survey was not collected due to technical difficulties.
bOne participant did not provide gender information.
cBoth nurse practitioners practiced in a geriatric medicine setting.
dThe “Other” setting included a combination of an outpatient setting, long-term care homes, and supportive housing.
eOTN: Ontario Telemedicine Network.
fThe combination of telemedicine platforms included Zoom, the OTN, email, telephone WebEx, Facebook Messenger, Microsoft Teams, electronic medical record (EMR)-based applications, WhatsApp, and Facetime.