Jan Gunnar Dale|Alexander Lüthi|Beate Fundingsland Skaraas|Trude Rundereim|Bjørg Dale
&lt;p&gt;Testing Measurement Properties of the Norwegian Version of Electronic Health Literacy Scale (eHEALS) in a Group of Day Surgery Patients&lt;/p&gt;
University of Agder|Lovisenberg Diakonale Høgskole|University of Agder
order assess patients ability search understand benefit internetbased information several screening tools developed one tools widely used ehealth literacy scale eheals aim study examine measurement properties norwegian version eheals used group patients undergoing day surgerya crosssectional survey study conducted among 119 patients scheduled day surgical treatment norwegian hospital questionnaire included screening tool eheals contains 8 items assessing persons information awareness skills information seeking skills skills evaluate act based information cronbachs alpha coefficients itemtotal correlations assessed estimating reliability eheals exploratory factor analysis oblimin rotation used assessing validity scale eigenvalue set 10a cronbachs alpha coefficient 089 total scale values 082 alpha item deleted moderate high itemtotal correlations supported homogeneity internal consistency scale twocomponent solution explained total 748 variance first component explaining 5953 variance scale included items reflecting information awareness seeking second component explained 1523 variance including items reflecting ability evaluate actthe reliability norwegian version eheals used group patients undergoing day surgery good internal structure two distinct factors line several previous studies eheals appears appropriate tool assessing ehealth literacy among patient group