Limin Li, Li Fu, Hui Li, Tong Liu, Jiangjie Sun
Emerging trends and patterns in healthcare-seeking behavior: A systematic review
Medicine
digital health literacy also known ehealth literacy describes ability seek find understand apply health information internet address health problems world health organization calls actions improve digital health literacy develop target groupspecific digital health literacy interventions necessary know digital health literacy general population relevant subgroups study aims representatively assess digital health literacy population germany relevant subgroups results meant facilitate development target groupspecific digital health literacy interventions additionally study explores associations digital health literacy physical health mental health life satisfaction diverse health behaviors study participants drawn representative panel germanspeaking population internet access increase representativeness sample survey weights calculated using iterative proportional fitting procedure participants answered series questionnaires regarding digital health literacy physical health mental health life satisfaction diverse health behaviors twosided independent sample tests conducted determine significant differences societal subgroups pearson correlation coefficients calculated explore correlates digital health literacy digital health literacy unevenly distributed within german society results study suggest people low level formal education people low social status would benefit digital health literacy interventions address competencies domains information seeking information appraisal furthermore results suggest older people would likely benefit digital health literacy interventions address competencies domains information seeking also information appraisal regarding sex study suggests men might benefit digital health literacy interventions specifically address competencies domain information seeking furthermore digital health literacy weakly positively correlated physical health mental health life satisfaction exercise routines fruit consumption vegetable consumption overall results study demonstrate digital health literacy associated diverse health outcomes behaviors furthermore results provide starting point development target groupspecific digital health literacy interventions