Table 1.

Participants’ demographic variables, health data, and telemedicine modes (n = 550).

Demographic Variables	Frequency		Health Data	Frequency
	n	%		n	%
Gender			Health issue when telemedicine used
Male	365	66.4	Heart disease	104	18.9
Female	185	33.6	Arthritis	20	3.6
Age * (years)			Stomach/bowel disease	77	14.0
18–25	255	46.4	Hyperlipidaemia	16	2.9
26–40	228	41.5	Immune system disease	22	4.0
≥41	67	12.2	Sexual or mental health issue	60	10.9
Marital Status			Eye disease	13	2.4
Single	320	58.2	Skin disease	85	15.5
Married	205	37.3	Diabetes	14	2.5
Divorced/Widowed/Other	25	4.5	Pain	28	5.1
Education Level			Lung disease	20	3.6
No Education	25	4.5	Infectious disease	19	3.5
Primary School	41	7.5	Other disease	72	13.1
Secondary School	76	13.8	Telemedicine method
University/College	408	74.2	Telephone	305	55.4
Employment Status			Live video chat	104	18.9
Full-time	205	37.3	Telephone message	68	12.4
Part-time/Casual ****	72	13.1	Forwarding medical documents to specialist	73	13.3
Unemployed ***	273	49.6
Family Income Status **
Low Income	65	11.8
Middle Income	222	40.4
High Income	263	47.8

* Age: mean = 30.2 (±12.3) years, minimum = 18, maximum = 85. ** Low income = less than BDT 5000 per month, middle income = BDT 5000–20,000 per month, high income = more than BDT 20,000 per month. BDT is the currency for Bangladesh. *** Unemployed participants did not have any job or employment at the time of survey. **** Casual employment referred to a temporary and flexible job without any ongoing work commitment or requirements beyond completing a job.