Exploring the Sociodemographic and Health-Related Determinants of Telehealth Use Among a Cohort of Older Australians During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Repeated Cross-Sectional Study

Shanna Fealy   ^{1, 2, 3, 4 *} , BN, MMid, PhD ;   Suzanne McLaren   ^{3, 4, 5 *} , BA (Hons), PhD ;   Claire Ellen Seaman   ^{3, 4, 6} , BA (Hons), PhD ;   Melissa Nott   ^{3, 4, 6} , BAppSc (Hons), PhD ;   Donovan Jones   ^{1, 2} , BN, MMid, PhD ;   Pauletta Irwin   ^{1, 4} , BN, MPET, PhD ;   Patricia Logan   ^{4, 7} , BSc, MAppSc, PhD ;   Rachel Rossiter   ^{3, 4, 8} , BN, MN, HScD ;   Simon McDonald   ^{9 *} , BSc

¹ School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences, Faculty of Science and Health, Charles Sturt University, Port Macquarie, Australia

² School of Medicine and Public Health, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle Australia, Callaghan, Australia

³ Ageing Well in Rural and Regional Australia Research Group, Charles Sturt University, Albury, Australia

⁴ Ageing Well Research Group, Charles Sturt University, Albury, Australia

⁵ School of Psychology, Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Port Macquarie, Australia

⁶ Three Rivers Department of Rural Health, Charles Sturt University, Albury, Australia

⁷ School of Dentistry and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Health, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Australia

⁸ School of Rural Medicine, Faculty of Science and Health, Charles Sturt University, Orange, Australia

⁹ The Spatial Data Analysis Network, Charles Sturt University, Port Macquarie, Australia

*these authors contributed equally