Correlates and Detection of Digital Health Literacy in Patients With Colorectal Carcinoma or Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cutting-edge oncology care often depends on patients' ability to use rapidly evolving health technology. Digital health literacy (DHL; the capacity to understand health-related information with electronic media) is an emerging, yet underexplored social determinant of health in patients with cancer.

Objective

We aimed to characterize sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with DHL in patients with cancer and explore whether a single-item screener could be derived from a widely-used DHL questionnaire to detect low DHL.

Methods

Patients (N=105) who received systemic treatment in the past year for colorectal carcinoma (CRC) or non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) were recruited through collaborating clinics. Participants self-reported DHL using the eHealth Lite

SUBMITTER: Gunning TS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12617828 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature