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Table 1 Clinic patients who utilized telemedicine compared to patients that were only seen in person March 2019-February 2021

From: Telemedicine in an adolescent and young adult medicine clinic: a mixed methods study

 

Total

Telemedicine Visit

Only Office Visit

p-value*

n = 1651 (%)

n = 825 (%)

n = 826 (%)

Age in years, mean

18.1

(SD 3.2)

17.7

(SD 3.2)

18.5

(SD 3.2)

< 0.001†

Legal sex

      

< 0.001**

 Female

1186

(71.8)

634

(76.8)

552

(66.8)

 

 Male

465

(28.2)

191

(23.2)

274

(33.2)

 

Gender identity

      

0.01**

 Female

1154

(69.9)

613

(74.3)

541

(65.5)

 

 Male

462

(28)

186

(22.5)

276

(33.4)

 

 Nonbinary/Gender Queer

25

(1.5)

20

(2.4)

5

(0.6)

 

 Transgender Female

2

(0.1)

2

(0.2)

0

(0)

 

 Transgender Male

3

(0.2)

1

(0.1)

2

(0.2)

 

 Other/Chose not to disclose

5

(0.3)

3

(0.4)

2

(0.2)

 

Race

      

< 0.001

 White or Caucasian

746

(45.2)

396

(48)

350

(42.4)

 

 Black/African American

178

(10.8)

58

(7)

120

(14.5)

 

 Asian

255

(15.4)

107

(13)

148

(17.9)

 

 American Indian/Alaska Native

13

(0.8)

10

(1.2)

3

(0.4)

 

 Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

9

(0.5)

4

(0.5)

5

(0.6)

 

 Other

370

(22.4)

186

(22.5)

184

(22.3)

 

 Unknown/Declined

80

(4.8)

64

(7.8)

16

(1.9)

 

Ethnicity

      

< 0.001

 Hispanic/Latino

317

(19.2)

165

(20)

152

(18.4)

 

 non-Hispanic/non-Latino

1253

(75.9)

596

(72.2)

657

(79.5)

 

 Unknown/Declined

81

(4.9)

64

(7.8)

17

(2.1)

 

Insurance type

      

0.003

 Private

1157

(70.1)

606

(73.5)

551

(66.7)

 

 Public

494

(29.9)

219

(26.5)

275

(33.3)

 

SF county

      

< 0.001

 No

693

(42)

438

(53.1)

255

(30.9)

 

 Yes

958

(58)

387

(46.9)

571

(69.2)

 

Bay area county

      

< 0.001

 No

114

(6.9)

93

(11.3)

21

(2.5)

 

 Yes

1537

(93.1)

732

(88.7)

805

(97.6)

 
  1. * All p-values calculated using chi-square tests, unless otherwise indicated.
  2. ** P-value calculated using Fisher’s exact test.
  3. † P-value calculated using t-test.