Patient characteristics associated with objective measures of digital health tool use in the United States: A literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The study sought to determine which patient characteristics are associated with the use of patient-facing digital health tools in the United States.

Materials and methods

We conducted a literature review of studies of patient-facing digital health tools that objectively evaluated use (eg, system/platform data representing frequency of use) by patient characteristics (eg, age, race or ethnicity, income, digital literacy). We included any type of patient-facing digital health tool except patient portals. We reran results using the subset of studies identified as having robust methodology to detect differences in patient characteristics.

Results

We included 29 studies; 13 had robust methodology. Most studies examined smartphone apps and text messaging programs

SUBMITTER: Nouri SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7309253 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature