Katarzyna Bobrowicz, Areum Han, Jennifer Hausen, Samuel Greiff
Corrigendum: Aiding Reflective Navigation in a Dynamic Information Landscape: A Challenge for Educational Psychology
Frontiers in psychology
digital health divide socioeconomic disadvantage describes pattern patients considered socioeconomically disadvantaged already marginalized reduced access facetoface health care additionally hindered less access patientinitiated digital health comprehensive understanding patients socioeconomic disadvantage access experience digital health essential improving digital health divide primary care patients especially chronic disease experience stages initial help seeking selfmanagement health renders key demographic research patientinitiated digital health access study aims provide comprehensive primary mixed methods data patient experience barriers digital health access focus digital health divide applied exploratory mixed methods design ensure survey primarily shaped experiences interviewees first qualitatively explored experience digital health 19 patients socioeconomic disadvantage chronic disease second quantitatively measured findings designing administering survey 487 australian general practice patients 24 general practices qualitative first phase key barriers found accessing digital health included 1 strong patient preference humanbased health services 2 low trust digital health services 3 high financial costs necessary tools maintenance repairs 4 poor publicly available internet access options 5 reduced capacity engage due increased life pressures 6 low selfefficacy confidence using digital health quantitative second phase 31 151487 survey participants found never used form digital health 107 52487 low mediumfrequency users 485 236487 highfrequency users highfrequency users likely interested digital health higher selfefficacy lowfrequency users likely report difficulty affording financial costs needed digital access general digital interest financial cost digital health literacy empowerment clear factors digital health access broad primary care population digital health divide also facilitated part stepped series complex cumulative barriers genuinely improving digital health access 1 cohort even 1 person requires series multiple different interventions tailored specific sequential barriers within primary care patientcentered care continues recognize complex individual needs barriers facing patient part addressing digital health divide