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Determinants and outcomes of eHealth literacy in healthy adults: A systematic review.
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47 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Relation Between eHealth Literacy and Online Health Information-Seeking Behavior: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- The Association Between eHealth Literacy and Health Behaviors During and Since the COVID-19 Pandemic: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Digital Inequalities in the Use of eHealth Services in European Public Health Care Systems: Systematic Review of Observational Studies.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Examining the relationship between health literacy and eHealth literacy in adult populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Health promotion international · 2025Pooled it
- Quality of Chronic Care Statistically Mediates the Association Between eHealth Literacy and Self-Management Among Adults with Diabetes in a Shared Care Model.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Translation and Psychometric Validation of the Amharic eHealth Literacy Questionnaire: Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Parents' Perception of Pediatricians on Social Media: The Emerging Role of Pediatric Health Communicator.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Breastfeeding and complementary feeding knowledge scale: a validated tool for health sciences education.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- eHealth literacy in emergency care: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Quality, interaction, and platform-creator heterogeneity of DR short videos on Douyin and Bilibili: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Development of a Digital Health Literacy Assessment Framework for Older Adults: Delphi-Based Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Determinants of Digital Health Literacy Among Patients With Serious Mental Illness: Cross-Sectional Survey.JMIR mental health · 2026Article
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- Changes in Nurse-Patient Communication Through Health Technologies and Nursing Practices to Recognize and Support Limited Digital Health Literacy: Qualitative Study.JMIR nursing · 2026Article
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- Association of Primary Care Access with Health-Related ChatGPT Use: A National Cross-Sectional Survey.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Factors Influencing eHealth Literacy in Maintenance Hemodialysis and Its Relationship with Emotional Status and Quality of Life.Patient preference and adherence · 2026Article
- Perceived digital health information support and self-rated health among Chinese adults: physical activity mediation and chronic health condition moderation.Frontiers in public health · 2026Observational
- Exploration of subgroups and predictors of health-promoting lifestyle among older adults in the community: a latent profile analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundeHealth has shown many benefits in health promotion and disease prevention. For engaging in and taking advantage of eHealth, eHealth literacy is essential. This systematic review aims to summarise and examine the existing evidence on determinants and outcomes of eHealth literacy in healthy adults.
methodsWe searched the relevant peer-reviewed articles published in English in six databases: MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Cochrane Library and ProQuest. The inclusion criteria of the review were: 1) studies examining 'eHealth literacy', which refers to the ability to search, select, judge and apply online health information to address or solve health problems and to improve wellbeing; 2) the type of study included observational and experimental studies, mixed method studies or qualitative studies; 3) the participants were healthy adults; 4) the main outcomes were the determinants (i.e. influencing or associated factors) and outcomes (i.e. benefits and disadvantages) of eHealth literacy. Articles were assessed by two reviewers using the Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal tool. A conceptual model to map the determinants and outcomes of eHealth literacy in healthy adults into the non-modifiable, individual, social and community networks and structural layers was developed to classify the identified determinants and outcomes.
resultsForty-four studies were included in this review, of which 43 studies were cross-sectional and one was qualitative. eHealth literacy determinants included age, sex, literacy factors, socioeconomic factors and language. eHealth literacy outcomes included better general health promotion behavior, COVID-19 preventive behaviors, psychological wellbeing, social support, self-rated health and health service utilisation.
conclusionsOur results showed that eHealth literacy has multi-layered determinants and positive outcomes. Different strategies at different policy levels are needed to improve the eHealth literacy levels of healthy adults.
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