TY - JOUR
T1 - Digital Literacy and Associated Factors in Older Adults Living in Urban South Korea
T2 - A Qualitative Study
AU - Baek, Jiwon
AU - Kim, Heejung
AU - Choi, Seongmi
AU - Hong, Soyun
AU - Kim, Yesol
AU - Kim, Eunkyung
AU - Lee, Taewha
AU - Chu, Sang Hui
AU - Choi, Jiyeon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
PY - 2024/3/1
Y1 - 2024/3/1
N2 - This study aimed to explore digital literacy among community-dwelling older adults in urban South Korea. A semistructured interview guide was developed using the Digital Competence (2.0 framework, which emphasizes the competencies for full digital participation in five categories: information and data literacy, communication and collaboration, content creation, safety, and problem-solving. The data were analyzed using combined inductive and deductive content analysis. Inductive analysis identified three main categories: perceived ability to use digital technology, responses to digital technology, and contextual factors. In the results of deductive analysis, participants reported varying abilities in using digital technologies for information and data literacy, communication or collaboration, and problem-solving. However, their abilities were limited in handling the safety or security of digital technology and lacked in creating digital content. Responses to digital technology contain subcategories of perception (positive or negative) and behavior (trying or avoidance). Regarding contextual factors, aging-related physical and cognitive changes were identified as barriers to digital literacy. The influence of families or peers was viewed as both a facilitator and a barrier. Our participants recognized the importance of using digital devices to keep up with the trend of digitalization, but their digital literacy was mostly limited to relatively simple levels.
AB - This study aimed to explore digital literacy among community-dwelling older adults in urban South Korea. A semistructured interview guide was developed using the Digital Competence (2.0 framework, which emphasizes the competencies for full digital participation in five categories: information and data literacy, communication and collaboration, content creation, safety, and problem-solving. The data were analyzed using combined inductive and deductive content analysis. Inductive analysis identified three main categories: perceived ability to use digital technology, responses to digital technology, and contextual factors. In the results of deductive analysis, participants reported varying abilities in using digital technologies for information and data literacy, communication or collaboration, and problem-solving. However, their abilities were limited in handling the safety or security of digital technology and lacked in creating digital content. Responses to digital technology contain subcategories of perception (positive or negative) and behavior (trying or avoidance). Regarding contextual factors, aging-related physical and cognitive changes were identified as barriers to digital literacy. The influence of families or peers was viewed as both a facilitator and a barrier. Our participants recognized the importance of using digital devices to keep up with the trend of digitalization, but their digital literacy was mostly limited to relatively simple levels.
KW - Aging
KW - Digital literacy
KW - Digitalization
KW - Information technology
KW - Qualitative
KW - Urban older adults
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U2 - 10.1097/CIN.0000000000001109
DO - 10.1097/CIN.0000000000001109
M3 - Article
C2 - 38300124
AN - SCOPUS:85186349542
SN - 1538-2931
VL - 42
SP - 226
EP - 239
JO - CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing
JF - CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing
IS - 3
ER -