Table 2 Prevalence of virtual care use in PLWD, Care partners and Family Physicians
Variable n (%) | PLWD | Care partner (N = 341) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
All (N = 131) | Completed by PLWDs (N = 55) | Completed by proxies (N = 76) | ||
Receiving virtual care | ||||
Yes, and I’m (we’re) already using it | 81 (61.8) | 38 (69.1) | 43 (56.6) | 209 (61.3) |
Yes, but I’m (we’re) not interested | 15 (11.5) | 6 (10.9) | 9 (11.8) | 16 (4.7) |
Yes, but I (we) don’t know how it works | 8 (6.1) | 3 (5.5) | 5 (6.6) | 10 (2.9) |
No, and I (we) don’t want this service | 5 (3.8) | 1 (1.8) | 4 (5.3) | 32 (9.4) |
No, but I (we) would like this service | 7 (5.3) | 1 (1.8) | 6 (7.9) | 25 (7.3) |
Don’t know | 15 (11.5) | 6 (10.9) | 9 (11.8) | 49 (14.4) |
Type of virtual care useda | ||||
Any virtual care (phone and/or video) | 79 (61.2) | 38 (69.1) | 41 (55.4) | 194 (59.5) |
Only phone | 61 (47.2) | 29 (52.7) | 32 (43.2) | 161 (47.2) |
Only video | 2 (1.6) | 1 (1.8) | 1 (1.4) | 5 (1.5) |
Combination of phone and video | 16 (12.4) | 8 (14.5) | 8 (10.8) | 28 (8.5) |
Missing/Don’t know what type of virtual care | 2 | - | 2 | 15 |
Family Physicians (N = 125) | ||||
Providing virtual care | ||||
Providing any type of virtual care for all patients | 109 (87.2) | |||
Providing any type of virtual care for PLWD | 96 (77.4) | |||
Will keep using virtual care for PLWD after the COVID-19 pandemic | 92 (74.2) | |||
Missing | 1 | |||
Type of virtual care provided for PWLD | ||||
Any virtual care (phone or video) | 96 (77.4) | |||
Only phone | 48 (38.7) | |||
Only video | 2 (1.6) | |||
Combination of phone and video | 46 (37.1) | |||
Missing | 1 | |||