Matthias Marsall, Hannah Dinse, Julia Schröder, Eva-Maria Skoda, Martin Teufel, Alexander Bäuerle
Assessing Electronic Health Literacy in Individuals With the Post-COVID-19 Condition Using the German Revised eHealth Literacy Scale: Validation Study
JMIR formative research
1 introduction descriptive study examined undergraduate graduate nursing students perceptions computer literacy skills determine whether faculty continue teaching basic computing skills nursing programs brysons study 1 computer literate nurse one understands concepts hardware software operating systems able ot use computer learn able ot use applications wordprocessing spreadsheets databases zeimer 2 predicted 1994 students entering nursing schools would prepared use computers teaching computer skills would needed faculty however felt students entering nursing programs prepared use computers 2 tools level computer experience lce tool developed measure computer literacy skills students entering first three masters level nursing informatics courses sixyear period instruments 25 items determined experience operating systems hardware learning tools applications information systems life cycle design selection implementation evaluation project management instrument modified undergraduate students eliminated items relating life cycle since items reflect advanced skills resulting instrument composed first 16 items original level computer experience tool item four pint likert scale allowed respondents choose words none moderate extensive describe level experience scoring purposes word assigned numerical value follows none 1 2 moderate 3 extensive 4 3 data lce administered 65 sophomore nursing students 74 graduate nursing informatics students undergraduate scored 4 items use microcomputer use ibm type computer keyboard skills use wordperfect score 2 experience level mean scores items ranged 1 2 graduate informatics students also higher mean scores 4 items mean scores reached moderate level either group oneway analysis variances showed significant differences undergraduate graduate students item concerning use statistical packages 4 conclusions population graduate undergraduate nursing students continue possess low levels computer literacy skills since many students come nursing programs without capability using information technology practice schools need continue providing way students obtain computer literacy skills