ArticleOnline journal of public health informatics2019
Assessing the eHealth literacy skills of family caregivers of medically ill elderly.
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- Dementia knowledge of family caregivers in Indonesia: A cross-sectional survey study.Belitung nursing journal · 2024Article
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- Social media and partnership jointly alleviate caregivers' psychological distress: exploring the effects of online and offline connectedness.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- Health care needs, eHealth literacy, use of mobile phone functionalities, and intention to use it for self-management purposes by informal caregivers of children with burns: a survey study.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2023Article
- Impact of caregiver's eHealth literacy, financial well-being, and mental health on quality of life of pediatric patients with osteogenesis imperfecta.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe purpose of current research is to assess the eHealth literacy level in the family caregivers of the elderly with hypertension and type-II diabetes.
methodsA total of 160 caregivers completed the eHEALS questionnaire. The effect of participants' gender, education, and age on eHealth literacy was evaluated. For evaluation of the correlation between the accession of health information importance and the internet usefulness for decision-making, Spearman's correlation coefficient was applied.
resultsThe participants eHealth literacy mean score was 26.163(SD=8.83). The age of participants had a meaningful impact on the level of eHealth literacy (t=6.074; P<0.001). Furthermore, among variant education levels in terms of eHealth literacy score significant differences existed (F=5.222; P=0.001). DISCUSSION: The family caregivers have a poor level of eHealth literacy. eHealth information is more important for family caregivers with a higher eHealth literacy, which may be due to their higher skills in obtaining health and medical information from the internet. Caregivers' age should be considered once recommending them for the internet using to obtain health information, as the age was an affecting factor.
conclusionHealth centers and authorities in charge of the elderly health are recommended to train caregivers with proper skills to use online health information, such that the elderly enjoy the benefits, including improved care conditions and savings in terms of treatment costs and time.
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