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Table 1 Media used for service provision at a distance

From: Does therapy always need touch? A cross-sectional study among Switzerland-based occupational therapists and midwives regarding their experience with health care at a distance during the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020

 

Occupational Therapists (n = 437)

Midwives (n = 503)

Total sample (n = 940)

Chi-Square test

X2=

df=

p=

Use of phone n(%)

397 (90.8%)

491 (97.6%)

888 (94.5%)

21.37

2

< 0.001*

Use of chat services n(%)

201 (46.0%)

382 (76.1%)

583 (62.1%)

91.69

2

< 0.001*

Use of email n(%)

303 (69.3%)

219 (43.6%)

552 (55.6%)

64.31

2

< 0.001*

used videotelephony n(%)

226 (51.7%)

275 (54.8%)

501 (53.4%)

2.620

2

0.270

Use of SMS n(%)

158 (36.2%)

333 (66.3%)

491 (52.3%)

87.05

2

< 0.001*

  1. The midwives subsample had one missing value for “use of phone” and two missing values for each other category. X2 Chi-Square value, df degrees of freedom; * = p-value is significant at 0.05 level