Seon-Yoon Chung|Eun?Shim Nahm
Testing Reliability and Validity of the eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS) for Older Adults Recruited Online
National Institute of Nursing Research|University of Maryland, Baltimore|National Institute of Nursing Research|University of Maryland, Baltimore
currently vast amounts health information health management tools available public online maximize benefits ehealth technologies important assess ehealth literacy individuals ehealth literacy scale used widely past several years mainly younger populations purpose study test psychometric aspects ehealth literacy scale older adults using secondary data analysis n 866 mean age 628 85 years reliability ehealth literacy scale examined calculating coefficients conducting testretest procedures validity assessed using exploratory factor analysis hypothesis testing procedure findings demonstrated ehealth literacy scale internally consistent 94 stable t244 148 p 140 exploratory factor analysis yielded single factor structure explaining 673 variance hypothesis testing also supported validity ehealth literacy scale recent years great efforts use ehealth interventions engage patients healthcare help manage health study suggests ehealth literacy scale short screening tool ehealth literacy successfully used older adults