Digital literacy among Korean older adults: A scoping review of quantitative studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While digital literacy has become an essential competency for individuals across generations and sectors of society, supporting digital literacy in older adults is particularly challenging. South Korea is among the many countries undergoing rapid digitalization and population aging. Therefore, it is timely to identify the current understanding of digital literacy among older adults in South Korea.

Aim

To identify prior studies that quantitatively measure digital literacy among older adults in South Korea and to identify and evaluate how digital literacy was measured in the reviewed studies.

Methods

The study followed Arksey and O'Malley's scoping review framework, searching through four international (PubMed, CINAHL, Embase, and Cochrane Library) and four K

SUBMITTER: Kang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10467254 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature