Accessibility of eHealth Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among People With and People Without Impairment: Repeated Cross-Sectional Survey
This repeated cross-sectional survey study, including participants with diverse types of impairment and a control group without impairment, reveals persisting disability digital divides, despite an accelerated adoption of eHealth across the pandemic. eHealth services were not accessible to some groups of people who were identified as being at risk of severe disease during the COVID-19 pandemic. This implies that all people could not use eHealth as a measure of infection protection.
Authors
- Linda Pettersson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1730-3131)
- Catharina Gustavsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8709-4446)
- Lena von Koch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8560-3016)
- Jan Gulliksen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2411-6417)
- Ingrid Demmelmaier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2068-4708)
- Per‐Olof Hedvall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0962-2899)
- Stefan Johansson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7975-6198)
- Karl Gummesson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2015-9210)
Institutions
- Dalarna University (SE)
- Uppsala University (SE)
- Karolinska University Hospital (SE)
- Lund University (SE)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Center for Clinical Research Dalarna (SE)
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
- Published
- 2025-03-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/64707
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.76
Funders
- Vetenskapsrådet
- Forskningsrådet om Hälsa, Arbetsliv och Välfärd
- Centrum fÖr Klinisk Forskning Dalarna