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September 10, 2025PLoS ONEOpen Access

Digital health literacy is linked to attitudes regarding the ethical aspects of digital health among patients with dermatologic comorbidities

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ARAna Lilia Ruelas‐VillavicencioICIrazú Contreras-YáñezRGRoxana Paola Gómez-Ruiz

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Cross-sectional study reveals a link between digital health literacy and bioethical attitudes, highlighting trust issues.

Key Points

  • A positive linear association was identified between digital health literacy and bioethical attitudes regarding trust in healthcare technology.
  • The 8-item Bioethical Attitudes toward Digital Health questionnaire demonstrated strong psychometric properties with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.686.
  • Exploratory factor analysis of the questionnaire revealed trust and privacy dimensions, explaining 59.8% of total variance.
  • Multiple linear regression analysis found significant correlations, particularly in the trust dimension, suggesting implications for ethical digital health practices.

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Ruelas‐Villavicencio et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c23c20b210217d647884edhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0330916
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