Table 3 Characteristics of participants associated with the use of virtual care (phone and/or video)

a. Persons living with dementia (n = 129) [2 no response]

Phone and/or video users (n = 79)

Sociodemographic

Female/woman

0.81

[0.39; 1.66]

NI

Aged 75+

0.61

[0.29; 1.23]

0.527

[0.24;1.11]

White

1.72

[0.77; 3.84]

2.05

[0.88; 4.85]

Rurality

Large population (> 100,000)

1.19

[0.58; 2.45]

NI

Seeing family physician (FP)

Frequency seeing FP at least once every three months

0.75

[0.35; 1.62]

NI

Receiving support from a family member or friend to connect to FP

1.4

[0.66; 2.96]

NI

b. Caregivers (n = 326) [15 no response]

Phone or video users (n = 194)

Sociodemographic

Female/woman

1.63

[0.92; 2.89]

1.66

[0.91; 3.02]

Aged 60+

1.19

[0.76; 1.87]

NI

White

0.81

[0.45; 1.44]

NI

Rurality

Large population (> 100,000)

0.7

[0.44; 1.11]

0.64

[0.39;1.02]

Seeing family physician (FP)

Frequency seeing FP at least once every three months

1.08

[0.69; 1.72]

NI

Receiving support from a family member or friend to connect to FP

1.91

[1.11; 3.32]

1.8

[0.98; 3.26]

c. Family physicians (n = 124) [1 no response]

Any virtual care providers (n = 96)

Sociodemographic

Female/woman

1.50

[0.57; 3.80]

NI

White

1.30

[0.45; 3.51

NI

Rurality

Large population (> 100,000)

0.80

[0.26; 2.19]

NI

Family medicine practice

Years of practice (> 20 years)

0.29^a

[0.11; 0.75]

0.23^b

[0.08; 0.62]

Type of practice (attachment to)

Community-based team

0.74

[0.29; 1.83]

0.46

[0.16; 1.24]

Interprofessional team

1.33

[0.52; 3.6]

NI

Teaching

1.93

[0.64; 7.21]

NI

Training in Care of Elderly

1.46

[0.48; 5.52]

NI