Validity and reliability of the Chinese version of digital health readiness questionnaire among hypertension patients in rural areas of China.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Digital health has the potential to support health care in rural areas by overcoming the problems of distance and poor infrastructure, however, rural areas have extremely low use of digital health because of the lack of interaction with technology. There is no existing tool to measure digital health literacy in rural China. This study aims to test and validate the digital health readiness questionnaire for assessing digital readiness among patients in rural China.

Methods

Due to the different Internet environments in China compared to Belgium, a cultural adaptation is needed to optimize the use of Digital Health Readiness Questionnaire in China. Then, a prospective single-center survey study was conducted in rural China among patients with hypertension. Confirma

SUBMITTER: Xu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10768576 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature