Areti Efthymiou|Nicos Middleton|Andreas Charalambous|Evridiki Papastavrou
The Association of Health Literacy and Electronic Health Literacy With Self-Efficacy, Coping, and Caregiving Perceptions Among Carers of People With Dementia: Research Protocol for a Descriptive Correlational Study
Cyprus University of Technology|Cyprus University of Technology|University of Turku|Cyprus University of Technology|Cyprus University of Technology
last decade electronic health ehealth literacy attracted attention scientific community associated selfmanagement patients chronic diseases quality cost care estimated 80 people chronic diseases cared home family member friend relative informal carers susceptible physical mental health problems well social financial hardships nevertheless seems research gap terms carers needs skills available resources age new technologies vital role ehealth literacy carers remaining unexploredthe aim study investigate level ehealth literacy health literacy primary secondary carers people dementia explore association health ehealth literacy well association caregiving variables selfefficacy coping caring perceptionsa sample 200 primary carers carer supports people dementia everyday living 200 secondary carers family member friend person social network assisting primary carer role recruited dementia day care centers alzheimers associations greece cyprus study crosssectional correlational descriptive study tools used include ehealth literacy scale adapted carers measure ehealth literacy european health literacy survey questionnaire 16 hlseuq16 single item literacy screener revised scale caregiving selfefficacy carers older people europe cope index caregiving perceptions cope brief measure selected coping strategies descriptive statistics reported correlations different variables explored parametric nonparametric measuresas preliminary study hlseuq16 validated 107 older people internal consistency scale estimated using cronbach alpha coefficient 77 somewhat lower validation studies recruitment pilot study participants started may 2017carers ehealth literacy new field whereas previous studies focused role impact low ehealth literacy health literacy among older adults ehealth literacy carers fact carers people dementia explored hypothesize association ehealth literacy health literacy level carers perceptions caregiving role selfefficacy coping strategies possible moderator associations secondary carers ehealth health literacy level also explored confirming hypotheses tailored ehealth literacy interventions carers people dementia families developed direct outcome research