A self-report measure of digital skills needed to use digital health tools among older adults-the Skills Measurement and Readiness Training for Digital Health (SMART Digital Health) Scale.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify a brief scale to accurately assess digital skills among older adults for use in identifying need for support to use digital health tools.

Materials and methods

Patients age ≥50 speaking English, Spanish, or Cantonese completed surveys (n = 186) assessing digital health access, use, and skills. A subsample (n = 101) completed observational task assessments gauging competency on 4 tasks essential to digital health skills: (1) launch a video visit from an email/text message hyperlink, (2) visit a specific health website, (3) sign up for a patient portal, and (4) log in to a patient portal. We used exploratory factor analysis, receiver operator characteristic, logistic regression, and dominance analysis methods to identify and evaluate a scale measuring dig

SUBMITTER: Tieu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12626212 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature