Kirubel Biruk Shiferaw
&lt;p&gt;Validation of the Ethiopian Version of eHealth Literacy Scale (ET-eHEALS) in a Population with Chronic Disease&lt;/p&gt;
Debre Markos University
although measurement scale developed norman skinner widely used scale assess consumers ehealth literacy translating validating scale language target population consideration necessary amharic official national language ethiopia 293 native speakersthe total sample size calculated 187 6 nonresponse rate internal consistency eteheals measured using cronbachs alpha coefficient testretest reliability assessed readministering eteheals questionnaire 74 patients 40 total sample size construct validity evaluated using exploratory factor analysis kaisermeyerolkin kmo statistic bartletts test sphericity used check suitability performing factor analysisof respondents 631 n118 males 551 n103 aged 18 35 years 572 n107 participants educated high school diploma level higher cronbachs alpha coefficient translated eteheals total score 094 testretest reliability eteheals total score acceptable agreements consistent icc interclass correlation coefficient 092 kmo ratio sampling appropriateness acceptable 091 bartletts test sphericity significant p 0001 efa exploratory factor analysis extracted two factors based extraction principle minimum eigenvalue one extracted factor explained 802 common variance 518 factor 1 284 factor 2 except item item fit infit outfit mean squares within adequate range 0515this study depicted eteheals consistent valid instrument evaluate amharicspeaking chronic patients ehealth literacy level since prior validation eheals lowincome country finding may indicate important directions improvement eheals item performance resourcelimited settings