Atami Sagna De Main|Bo Xie|Kristina Shiroma|Tom Yeh|Nathan Davis|Xu Han
Assessing the Effects of eHealth Tutorials on Older Adults’ eHealth Literacy
The University of Texas at Austin|The University of Texas at Austin|The University of Texas at Austin|University of Colorado Boulder|The University of Texas at Austin|University of Colorado Boulder
ehealth literacy ability access assess use digital health information study compared effects multimedia tutorial versus paperbased control improving older adults ehealth literacy pre posttest total 99 communitydwelling older adults 6390 years old mean 7309 participated july 2019 february 2020 overall knowledge computerinternet terms ehealth literacy efficacy knowledge quality health information websites procedural skills computerinternet use improved significantly pre posttest interaction effect found time group participants groups overwhelmingly positive attitude toward training attitudes toward training approached statistically significant difference two conditions f 1 89 375 p 056 partial 2 040 multimedia condition showing positive attitudes findings implications designing effective ehealth literacy interventions older adults