Digital Health Literacy and Its Association With Sociodemographic Characteristics, Health Resource Use, and Health Outcomes: Rapid Review

作者：Eva Y. N. Yuen, Natalie Winter, Feby Savira, Catherine Elizabeth Huggins, Lemai Nguyen, Paul N. Cooper, Anna Peeters, Kate Louise McCann Anderson, Rahul Bhoyroo, Sarah Crowe, Anna Ugalde · 发表于：Interactive Journal of Medical Research · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.2196/46888 · 被引用次数：117 · 研究领域：Health Literacy and Information Accessibility、Social Media in Health Education、Mobile Health and mHealth Applications

BACKGROUND: Digital health literacy has emerged as a critical skill set to navigate the digital age. OBJECTIVE: This review sought to broadly summarize the literature on associations between digital health literacy and (1) sociodemographic characteristics, (2) health resource use, and (3) health outcomes in the general population, patient groups, or parent or caregiver groups. METHODS: A rapid review of literature published between January 2016 and May 2022 was conducted through a search of 4 web-based databases. Articles were included on the basis of the following keywords: "measured digital health literacy," "digital literacy," "ehealth literacy," "e-health literacy," "electronic health literacy," or "internet health literacy" in adult populations; participants were from countries where English was the primary language; studies had to be cross-sectional, longitudinal, prospective, or retrospective, and published in English. RESULTS: Thirty-six articles met the inclusion criteria. Evidence on the associations between digital health literacy and sociodemographic characteristics varied (27/36, 75% included studies), with higher education (16/21, 76.2% studies that examined the association) and younger age (12/21, 57.1% studies) tending to predict higher digital health literacy; however, other studies found no associations. No differences between genders were found across the majority of studies. Evidence across ethnic groups was too limited to draw conclusions; some studies sh...