Evaluation of Chinese version of the eHealth Literacy Scale

VernacularTitle:电子健康素养汉化量表的测量学评价
Author: Jing CHEN ¹ ; Zhi ZHENG ; Jing ZHAO ; Mengxian OU
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1. 中日友好医院呼吸与危重症医学科一部
Keywords: Health literacy; EHealth literacy; Scale; Reliability and validity
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2019;25(22):2783-2787
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective? To evaluate the measurement index of the Chinese version of the eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS). Methods? By convenience sampling, 160 inpatients in Department of Respiratory in a Class III Grade A hospital of Beijing were selected from April to May of 2018 and surveyed by self-designed questionnaire and eHEALS. The feasibility, reliability and validity of the scale was evaluated. Results? Totally 155 valid questionnaires from eHEALS were collected with an effective recovery rate of 97%. Cronbach's α coefficient was 0.963 and retest reliability coefficient r was 0.984 (P＜0.001). One common factor was extracted by exploratory factor analysis, and the cumulative contribution rate of variance was 76.675%. Confirmative factor analysis showed that the fitting indexes of theoretical models of 1 latent variable and 8 items were satisfactory (GFI=0.808, CFI=0.911, RMSEA=0.202). Conclusions? The Chinese version of eHEALS has good reliability and validity and can be used to measure the eHealth literacy of patients.