Sharing Family Life Information Through Video Calls and Other Information and Communication Technologies and the Association With Family Well-Being: Population-Based Survey.
Chen ShenMan-Ping WangJoanna Ting Wai ChuAlice WanKasisomayajula Vish ViswanathSophia Siu Chee ChanTai Hing LamPublished in: JMIR mental health (2017)
The differential use of ICTs to share family life information was observed. The prevalence of video calls was low, but associated with much better family well-being. The results need to be confirmed by prospective and intervention studies to promote the use of video calls to communicate and share information with family, particularly in disadvantaged groups.