ArticleBMC geriatrics2023
The prevalence of eHealth literacy and its relationship with perceived health status and psychological distress during Covid-19: a cross-sectional study of older adults in Blekinge, Sweden.
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- The mechanism of digital feedback on health information anxiety among older adults: information processing self-efficacy as a mediating variable.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Successful Aging Across Middle Versus High-Income Countries: An Analysis of the Role of eHealth Literacy Associated With Loneliness and Well-Being.The Gerontologist · 2024Article
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Abstract
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aimseHealth literacy is important as it influences health-promoting behaviors and health. The ability to use eHealth resources is essential to maintaining health, especially during COVID-19 when both physical and psychological health were affected. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of eHealth literacy and its association with psychological distress and perceived health status among older adults in Blekinge, Sweden. Furthermore, this study aimed to assess if perceived health status influences the association between eHealth literacy and psychological distress.
methodsThis cross-sectional study (October 2021-December 2021) included 678 older adults' as participants of the Swedish National Study on Aging and Care, Blekinge (SNAC-B). These participants were sent questionnaires about their use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, we conducted the statistical analysis using the Kruskal-Wallis one-way analysis of variance, Kendall's tau-b rank correlation, and multiple linear regression.
resultsWe found that 68.4% of the participants had moderate to high levels of eHealth literacy in the population. Being female, age [Formula: see text] years, and having a higher education are associated with high eHealth literacy ([Formula: see text]). eHealth literacy is significantly correlated ([Formula: see text]=0.12, p-value=0.002) and associated with perceived health status ([Formula: see text]=0.39, p-value=0.008). It is also significantly correlated ([Formula: see text]=-0.12, p-value=0.001) and associated with psychological distress ([Formula: see text]=-0.14, p-value=0.002). The interaction of eHealth literacy and good perceived health status reduced psychological distress ([Formula: see text]=-0.30, p-value=0.002).
conclusionsIn our cross-sectional study, we found that the point prevalence of eHealth literacy among older adults living in Blekinge, Sweden is moderate to high, which is a positive finding. However, there are still differences among older adults based on factors such as being female, younger than 75 years, highly educated, in good health, and without psychological distress. The results indicated that psychological distress could be mitigated during the pandemic by increasing eHealth literacy and maintaining good health status.
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