Factors associated with eHealth literacy among people with systemic sclerosis: A Scleroderma Patient-centred Intervention Network (SPIN) Cohort cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction/objective

eHealth literacy reflects the ability to obtain, understand, and evaluate health information from electronic sources and apply this information to health problems. Our objective was to evaluate sociodemographic (age, sex, race or ethnicity, education, marital status, country, residence location) and disease factors (duration, subtype) associations with eHealth literacy among individuals with systemic sclerosis (SSc).

Methods

Scleroderma Patient-centred Intervention Network (SPIN) Cohort participants completed the 8-item eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS) from January 17 to February 18, 2025. Multivariable linear regression was used to assess associations of sociodemographic and disease characteristics with eHealth literacy.

Results

The 333 particip

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC12479466 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature