Identifying Preferences and Barriers to Psychiatric Video-Telemedicine Use Among Older Latino Adults With Limited English Proficiency During the COVID-19 Pandemic

What is the primary question addressed by this study? This study explored reasons for the nonuse of video-telemedicine among Latino patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) in a geriatric psychiatry clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic. What is the main finding of this study? A lack of digital literacy, rather than hardware access or concerns about confidentiality or privacy, was the primary explanation for nonuse of video-telemedicine among these Latino patients with LEP, and especially among those reporting no comfort using English. What is the meaning of the finding? These findings suggest that a lack of digital literacy and no comfort using English are related factors driving the nonuse of videotelemedicine among this sample of older Latino patients with LEP.