A 3-Item Measure of Digital Health Care Literacy: Development and Validation Study.
Lyndsay A NelsonJacquelyn S PenningsEvan C SommerFiloteia PopescuShari L BarkinPublished in: JMIR formative research (2022)
Despite the potential for digital health care to improve quality of life and clinical outcomes, many individuals may not have the skills to engage with and benefit from it. Moreover, these individuals may be those who already experience worse outcomes. A screening tool such as the Digital Health Care Literacy Scale could be a useful resource to identify patients who require additional assistance to use digital health services and help ensure health equity.