Understanding digital health literacy in the arab world: a study of arab adults with diabetes, hypertension, and rheumatoid arthritis residing in Qatar
Hadeel Zaghloul, Fares Ahdab, Zahir Tag, Sanish Varghese, Batoul Arabi, Minatullah Al-Ani, Aya Abdullah, Sara Omar, Maryam Arabi, Lina Ahmed, Shadi Mahmoud, Shaza Zaghlool, Seham Alebbi, Samar Al-Emadi, Thurayya Arayssi · 2026
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Hadeel Zaghloul and a large team survey digital health skills in a 2026 study of Arab adults in Qatar who live with long-term illness. Participants had diabetes, high blood pressure, rheumatoid arthritis, or a mix of these. Skill in finding, judging, and using online health advice matters more as care moves online, yet regional proof was lacking.
Clinic surveys of 405 adults, with a mean age of 53.8 years, gave a mean skill score of 24.9, and 53.1 percent scored in the high range. Adults aged 60 and over had much lower odds of high skill than younger adults, while those with an advanced degree scored higher. Training aimed at older patients is a clear need.
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| CREATOR | Hadeel Zaghloul, Fares Ahdab, Zahir Tag, Sanish Varghese, Batoul Arabi, Minatullah Al-Ani, Aya Abdullah, Sara Omar, Maryam Arabi, Lina Ahmed, Shadi Mahmoud, Shaza Zaghlool, Seham Alebbi, Samar Al-Emadi, Thurayya Arayssi |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 56155 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |