Development and Internal Validation of the Digital Health Readiness Questionnaire: Prospective Single-Center Survey Study.
Scherrenberg MartijnMaarten FalterToshiki KaiharaLinqi XuMayke M C J van LeunenHareld Marijn Clemens KempsKindermans HannePaul DendalePublished in: Journal of medical Internet research (2023)
The DHRQ was developed as an easy-to-use, short questionnaire to assess the digital readiness of patients in a routine clinical setting. Initial validation demonstrates good internal consistency, and future research will be needed to externally validate the questionnaire. The DHRQ has the potential to be implemented as a useful tool to gain insight into the patients who are treated in a care pathway, tailor digital care pathways to different patient populations, and offer those with low digital readiness but high learnability appropriate education programs in order to let them take part in the digital pathways.