Internet access and trust in information are the main barriers to caregiver self-directed learning via mobile health¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · checked against its sources 2026-10-31 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2030: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Internet access and trust in health information were identified as the main barriers to self-directed learning. → Pereira Dauster Souza; Pereira Priscilla Perez da Silva 2025

Evidence¶

Pereira Dauster Souza; Pereira Priscilla Perez da Silva 2025¶

Pereira Dauster Souza; Pereira Priscilla Perez da Silva. (2025). Self-directed learning of informal caregivers using mobile health: a systematic review. BMC Health Services Research. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-13019-7

q2 · i? · review · r3

Review synthesis reporting that "Internet access was identified as a barrier in three studies [22, 29, 31]"; participants also "indicated that they were not completely sure about the quality of the content".

"However, Internet access was identified as a barrier in three studies [22, 29, 31] and only 37% of participants in India used mobile Internet [29]."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Access — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Smartphone access among informal caregivers ranges from 61% to 99% depending on country — related
• Informal caregivers tend to seek more health information on the internet than non-caregivers — related
• Infrastructure and access constraints were reported in 18 of 54 studies (33%) as the second higher-order technical limitation category — related
• Technological prerequisites such as internet access and device availability were identified only by the South African panel, with equity of education as a distal outcome — related
• Caregivers with low confidence in their own health are more likely to seek health information online — related