Table 2 Health and digital literacy
Item | N=29* |
|---|---|
Health Literacy, n (%) | |
 How confident are you filling out medical forms? | |
  Not at all | 4 (14%) |
  A little | 3 (10%) |
  Somewhat | 11 (38%) |
  Quite a bit | 4 (14%) |
  Extremely | 7 (24%) |
Digital Literacy, n (%) | |
Which of these devices do you have?a | |
  Smart phone | 24 (83%) |
  Fitness tracker or smartwatch | 2 (7%) |
  Tablet | 9 (31%) |
  Computer or laptop | 7 (24%) |
Online portal use (MyChart) | 9 (31%) |
Video conferencing use | 18 (62%) |
Video conferencing confidence (N=18) | |
 Not confident at all | 1 (5%) |
 Somewhat not confident | 3 (17%) |
 Neutral | 3 (17%) |
 Somewhat confident | 6 (33%) |
 Very confident | 5 (28%) |
How do you access the Internet?* | |
 Smartphone | 20 (67%) |
 Tablet | 5 (17%) |
 Home computer or laptop | 2 (7%) |
 Work computer or laptop | 1 (3%) |
 Community computer | 2 (7%) |
 Other | 1 (3%) |
 I don’t access the Internet | 7 (23%) |
Use internet for health information (N=22) | 17 (77%) |
Confidence in finding health information on internet (N=17) | |
 Not confident at all | 2 (12%) |
 Somewhat not confident | 2 (12%) |
 Neutral | 2 (12%) |
 Somewhat confident | 7 (41%) |
 Very confident | 4 (23%) |
Concern about cost of internet access | Â |
 Not concerned at all | 6 (21%) |
 Somewhat not concerned | 2 (7%) |
 Neutral | 5 (17%) |
 Somewhat concerned | 5 (17%) |
 Very concerned | 5 (17%) |
 Not applicable | 6 (21%) |
Concern about online privacy | Â |
 Not concerned at all | 2 (7%) |
 Somewhat not concerned | 1 (3%) |
 Neutral | 2 (7%) |
 Somewhat concerned | 8 (28%) |
 Very concerned | 10 (34%) |
 Not applicable | 6 (21%) |