Available tools to evaluate digital health literacy and engagement with eHealth resources: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As eHealth and use of information and communication technologies (ICT) within healthcare becomes widespread, it is important to ensure that these forms of healthcare are accessible to the users. One factor that is key to accessing eHealth is digital health literacy.

Objectives

This scoping review assesses available tools that can be used to evaluate digital health literacy.

Methods

A systematic literature search was made in MEDLINE, CINAHL, APA PsychInfo, Ageline, AMED, and APA PsychArticles to present the tools currently in use to assess digital health literacy. A qualitative synthesis of the evidence was carried out using a data charting form created for this review. Extracted data included details of the population of investigation and digital health lit

SUBMITTER: Faux-Nightingale A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9449566 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature