Chathurangi H Pathiravasan, Yuankai Zhang, Xuzhi Wang, Ludovic Trinquart, Emelia J Benjamin, Belinda Borrelli, David D McManus, Vik Kheterpal, Honghuang Lin, Nicole L Spartano, Eric Schramm, Chunyu Liu, Joanne M Murabito
Factors associated with long-term use of digital devices in the electronic Framingham Heart Study
NPJ digital medicine
adequate ehealth literacy one key instruments safeguarding people unreliable healthrelated information obtained internet paper presents assessment reliability validity polish version ehealth literacy scale pleheals assessment carried basis two nationally representative samples polish population first survey adults least 50 years old technique computerassisted telephone interviewing cati applied second survey young adult women 1835 years old technique computerassisted web interviewing cawi used reliability validity pleheals analyzed floor ceiling effects revealed either sample cronbachs alpha coefficients 090 088 guttman splithalf coefficients 089 081 respectively exploratory factors analysis revealed single factor models cases sum squared loadings first survey 6090 accounted 5872 variance second survey sum 5927 responsible 5506 variance hypothesis testing showed older adults higher ehealth literacy prevalent respondents used internet frequently among young adult women higher readiness use internet primary source healthrelated information undertake specific internet healthrelated activities associated higher ehealth literacy analysis reported paper confirmed reliability validity instrument stressed prior study validated polish version eheals could used polishspeaking respondents