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Table 2 Participants’ Responses to Questions Related to Digital Skills (N = 177)

From: Digital health literacy and digital engagement for people with severe mental ill health across the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in England

 

N (%a)

Missing N

Self-reported rating of Internet knowledge

 

8b

 Outstanding

25 (14.8)

 

 Good

52 (30.8)

 

 Fair

53 (31.4)

 

 Poor

19 (11.2)

 

 Bad

20 (11.8)

 

Digital skill improvement due to pandemic

 

22c

 Yes

53 (34.2)

 

 No, but improvement not needed

53 (34.2)

 

 No, and improvement needed

49 (31.6)

 

Functional impairment due to limited digital skills

 

3

 Yes

74 (42.5)

 

 No

100 (57.5)

 
  1. a Percentages calculated using only those cases with full data (i.e., excluding missing)
  2. b Total includes participants who responded “Don’t Know/Can’t Say”
  3. c Total includes participants who responded “Don’t Know/Prefer Not to Say”