Factors Associated with Arkansans’ First Use of Telehealth during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Table 2

Odds of adopting telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic ().

	Odds ratio	Std. err.	95% conf. interval	value
Predisposing factors
Age (in years)	0.996	0.006	0.98, 1.01	0.505
Gender
Female	1.13	0.189	0.78, 1.64	0.513
Race/ethnicity
Black	0.57	0.27	0.33, 0.96	0.033
Hispanic	1.45	0.32	0.77, 2.73	0.254
Other race or ethnicity	1.01	0.45	0.42, 2.42	0.074
Educational attainment
High school or less	0.45	0.31	0.25, 0.83	0.010
College 1-3 years or tech school	0.73	0.19	0.50, 1.07	0.102
Marital status
Married or partnered	1.36	0.17	0.97, 1.91	0.08
Confidence filling out medical forms
Confident	1.78	0.34	0.92, 3.40	0.09
COVID-19 susceptibility scale	1.06	0.09	0.88, 1.26	0.550
COVID-19 fear scale	0.99	0.01	0.97, 1.02	0.404
Enabling factors
Annual income
Under $25,000	0.76	0.26	0.46, 1.27	0.300
Over $50,000	0.90	0.20	0.60, 1.34	0.594
Employment status
Not employed for wages	0.93	0.20	0.63, 1.38	0.708
Health insurance status
Uninsured	0.45	0.43	0.19, 1.05	0.064
Count of internet devices in the home	1.12	0.13	0.87, 0.56	0.382
Current healthcare provider
Yes, only one	1.54	0.29	0.88, 2.69	0.131
Yes, more than one	2.33	0.30	1.30, 4.18	0.005
Stimulus check received
Yes	1.09	0.21	0.72, 1.65	0.686
Need for care factors
Count of chronic physical health conditions	1.12	0.06	1.00, 1.25	0.043
Count of mental health conditions	1.53	0.11	1.24, 1.88	<0.001
Count of COVID-19-related stressors	1.03	0.04	0.96, 1.10	0.391
Count of changes in healthcare related to COVID-19	3.49	0.12	2.78, 4.38	<0.001
Count of barriers to care related to COVID-19	1.00	0.06	0.89, 1.12	1.00
Self-rated health during COVID-19 compared to before
Worse	1.36	0.28	0.79, 2.35	0.274
Better	1.12	0.21	0.75, 1.68	0.581