Communication Technology Preferences of Hospitalized and Institutionalized Frail Older Adults During COVID-19 Confinement: Cross-Sectional Survey Study

Sacco, Guillaume; Lleonart, Sébastien; Simon, Romain; Noublanche, Frédéric; Annweiler, Cédric; Study Group, TOVID

doi:10.2196/21845

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Communication Technology Preferences of Hospitalized and Institutionalized Frail Older Adults During COVID-19 Confinement: Cross-Sectional Survey Study

Published in JMIR mhealth and uhealth • Jul 22, 2020

Authors:

Guillaume Sacco

Sébastien Lleonart

Romain Simon

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Technological communication methods such as telephone calls and video calls can help prevent social isolation and loneliness in frail older adults during confinement. OBJECTIVE: Our objectives were to determine which virtual communication method (ie, telephone call or video call) was pre...

Subject

Loneliness

Medicine

Cross-sectional study

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