Assessing the Effects of eHealth Tutorials on Older Adults' eHealth Literacy. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • eHealth literacy is the ability to access, assess, and use digital health information. This study compared the effects of a multimedia tutorial versus a paper-based control in improving older adults' eHealth literacy from pre- to posttest. A total of 99 community-dwelling older adults (63-90 years old; mean = 73.09) participated from July 2019 to February 2020. Overall, knowledge about computer/Internet terms, eHealth literacy efficacy, knowledge about the quality of health information websites, and procedural skills in computer/Internet use improved significantly from pre- to posttest. No interaction effect was found between time and group. Participants in both groups had an overwhelmingly positive attitude toward training. Their attitudes toward training approached a statistically significant difference between the two conditions: F (1, 89) = 3.75, p = .056, partial η2 = .040, with the multimedia condition showing more positive attitudes. These findings have implications for designing effective eHealth literacy interventions for older adults.

publication date

  • April 24, 2022

Research

keywords

  • Health Literacy
  • Telemedicine

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC9232984

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85130068524

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1177/07334648221088281

PubMed ID

  • 35466732

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 41

issue

  • 7