TY - GEN A1 - De Santis, Karina Karolina A1 - Muellmann, Saskia A1 - Pan, Chen-Chia A1 - Hoffmann, Stephanie A1 - Spallek, Jacob A1 - Haug, Ulrike A1 - Zeeb, Hajo T1 - Digitisation and health: Second nationwide survey of internet users in Germany T2 - Digital Health N2 - Objective: Rapid digitisation of health occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide. In October 2020, we conducted a survey on digital health technology use in Germany. This study aimed to conduct a second survey to investigate in more detail the internet use in health context and digital technology use for health promotion and disease prevention in Germany. Methods: A cross-sectional, nationwide telephone survey was conducted in November 2022. Anonymous data on internet and digital technology use, digital health literacy, and sociodemographic characteristics were analysed using descriptive statistics and binary logistic regressions. Results: The 1020 participants were aged 18–92 years, 53% were male, 62% completed primary or secondary education, 71% resided in large cities, and 45% reported a country-average net household income. Overall, 61% reported internet use in health context via 1–4 devices. Among those, more than 50% used the internet and apps to obtain general health information and less than 50% used digital technologies for physical activity promotion or cancer prevention. Overall, 34% were confident in using the internet for health decisions and 71% preferred to receive health information non-digitally (e.g. on paper). Internet, app, and digital technology use were associated with higher digital health literacy and income, and residence in larger cities. Digital technologies were used for physical activity promotion by younger and for cancer prevention by older participants. Conclusion: The internet and digital technologies were predominantly used to obtain health information, but less often for health promotion and disease prevention in 2022 in Germany. While health app and digital technology use for physical activity promotion increased, the confidence in using online information for health decisions decreased in 2022 relative to 2020. Factors that promote confidence in online health information and digital technology use for health promotion and disease prevention need to be investigated in future studies. Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076241301457 VL - Volume 10 ER - TY - GEN A1 - De Santis, Karina Karolina A1 - Müllmann, Saskia A1 - Pan, Chen-Chia A1 - Hoffmann, Stephanie A1 - Spallek, Jacob A1 - Haug, Ulrike A1 - Zeeb, Hajo T1 - Increased use of digital health technologies but reduced digital health literacy: a comparison in results of two nationwide surveys in 2020 and 2022 in Germany T2 - German Medical Science N2 - Objective: Digital technologies with internet access, including computers or mobile devices, can contribute to health promotion and disease prevention. This study aimed to compare the results of two nationwide surveys of internet users in Germany that investigated the use pattern, the attitudes towards, and the factors associated with digital technology use in health context. Methods: This study adheres to the ethical guidelines according to the Declaration of Helsinki. Two cross-sectional surveys of internet users living in Germany were performed in 2020 (survey 1) and 2022 (survey 2). Participants were recruited from two different consumer panel samples owned by a market research institute (Cerner Enviza GmbH). Participants provided verbal informed consent for participation in the study according to the Cerner Enviza data privacy policy. Computer-assisted telephone interviews were conducted by Cerner Enviza using questionnaires with 28-30 items developed by study authors. Anonymous data were purchased and analysed by study authors using descriptive statistics. Associations between digital technology use and participant characteristics were tested using binary logistic regression analyses. Results: The participants were adult internet users (survey 1: n=991; survey 2: n=1020). Participant characteristics were similar in both surveys (47-52% female, 50-55% aged 40-65 years, 62-66% with less than tertiary education, 42-45% with less than country-average household income, 81-82% residents in former West Germany, and 67-71% residents in large cities). A similar number of participants in both surveys reported digital technology use in any health context (57-61%) and rated digital technologies for physical activity promotion as easy to use (87-92%). Digital technology use increased in 2022 relative to 2020. Specifically, more participants reported health app (63% vs. 36%) and digital technology use for physical activity promotion (any use: 44% vs. 31%; weekly-daily use: 91% vs. 64%) in 2022 vs. 2020. In contrast, digital health literacy decreased in 2022 relative to 2020. Specifically, less participants had high digital health literacy (57% vs. 69%) and were confident in using online information for health decisions (34% vs. 43%) in 2022 vs. 2020. Digital technology use was associated with higher digital health literacy and younger age (in both surveys), higher income (in survey 1) and residence in larger cities (in survey 2). Conclusion: Digital technologies targeting some health domains, such as physical activity promotion are frequently used and accepted by the users. However, digital health literacy and especially the confidence in using online information for health decisions appear to have decreased in 2022 relative to 2020. Factors that promote digital technology use for health promotion and disease prevention need to be investigated in future studies. Considering that digital health literacy is associated with digital technology use, further research on user needs and preferences is required to understand the reasons for reduction in such literacy in this study. Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0183-24gmds6319 ER - TY - GEN A1 - De Santis, Karina Karolina A1 - Müllmann, Saskia A1 - Pan, Chen-Chia A1 - Hoffmann, Stephanie A1 - Spallek, Jacob A1 - Haug, Ulrike A1 - Zeeb, Hajo T1 - Digital technology use for physical activity promotion: Results of a nationwide survey in Germany T2 - 37th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society N2 - Background. Digital technologies can contribute to healthy behaviour. We aimed to investigate a digital technology use for physical activity (PA) promotion using a nationwide survey. Methods. Our cross-sectional survey was conducted using a panel sample of 1020 adult internet users living in Germany (age: 18-92 years, 47% female). Computer-assisted telephone interviews were conducted using a self-developed questionnaire in November 2022. Survey data were analysed using relative frequencies and bivariate logistic regression. Findings. Among all participants, 626/1020 reported internet use in health context and 278/626 (44%) reported digital technology use for PA promotion. Most of the 278 users for PA promotion reported that such technologies are easy to use (92%) and use them at least once a week (91%). The reasons for using digital technologies were to measure own PA (74%) or to find exercise ideas (57%). Most participants reported using mobile devices (e.g., smartphones, 77%, or activity trackers, 58%) and rated device feedback as helpful (69%). Among sociodemographic factors (age, gender, education, household income), health status and eHealth literacy, younger age was the only significant predictor (OR=.98, 95% CI: .97-.99) of digital technology use for PA promotion. Discussion. Despite their availability, the prevalence of digital technology use for PA promotion is still low among adult internet users in Germany. Such technologies are likely to support PA behaviour change because users rate them as easy to use, their feedback as helpful and use them frequently. Health interventions are necessary to encourage digital technology use for PA promotion among adults in Germany. Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.22062.48967 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Müllmann, Saskia A1 - De Santis, Karina Karolina A1 - Pan, Chen-Chia A1 - Hoffmann, Stephanie A1 - Spallek, Jacob A1 - Haug, Ulrike A1 - Zeeb, Hajo T1 - Attitudes towards digital technology use in health context according to a nationwide survey in Germany T2 - 37th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society N2 - Background Digitalization has led to a proliferation of digital health technologies and online health information. We aimed to assess the attitudes towards digital technology use in health context using a nationwide survey. Methods A cross-sectional nationwide survey of a panel sample of adult internet users living in Germany was conducted in November 2022. Participants completed computer-assisted telephone interviews using a self-developed, 30-item questionnaire. Survey data were analysed using frequencies and univariate multiple regression analysis. Findings Among 1,020 participants (18-92 years, 56±16 years, 47% female), 62% completed up to tertiary education and 42% reported the household income of up to 3500 Euro/month. The minority of participants reported that they trust health websites when recommended by friends and family (39%), that their social network relies on the internet for health information (35%), that they consider the internet as the immediate source of health information (39%) and that they are interested in digital health technologies (40%). Most participants (71%) reported that they prefer to receive health information in person or on paper. The preference for such sources of health information was associated with lower eHealth literacy (β= -.12, p<.001), worse health status (β= -.08, p=.026) and female gender (β= -.08, p=.033). Discussion The trust in the internet as the source of health information and the interest in digital health technologies were low among internet users in Germany. Interventions should strengthen eHealth literacy to empower adults to find, understand and assess reliable health information on the Internet. Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.24579.07200 ER - TY - GEN A1 - De Santis, Karina Karolina A1 - Martens, Lea A1 - Christianson, Lara A1 - Bangert, Benjamin A1 - Hoffmann, Stephanie A1 - Spallek, Jacob A1 - Zeeb, Hajo T1 - Attitudes of older people towards telerehabilitation : a scoping review protocol T2 - Open science framework Y1 - 2025 UR - https://osf.io/f965z/ UR - https://osf.io/y2wrv U6 - https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/F965Z SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - Center for Open Science CY - Charlottesville, VA ER -