Digital Health Literacy in Adults With Low Reading and Writing Skills Living in Germany: Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital health literacy is a key factor in enabling users to navigate in an increasingly digitalized health care system. Low levels of digital health literacy are associated with higher age, low education, and income, as well as low functional health literacy. Around 6.2 million adults living in Germany have low reading and writing skills. Due to their low literacy, this group is often underrepresented in research studies and therefore little is known about their digital health literacy and use of digital health tools.

Objective

The objectives of this study were to assess digital health literacy in adults with low reading and writing skills and to explore which digital health tools they use in daily life.

Methods

An interviewer-administered survey and focus

SUBMITTER: Muellmann S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12121537 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature