scholarly journals Electronic Health Literacy Across the Lifespan: Measurement Invariance Study

10.2196/10434 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. e10434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha R Paige ◽  
M David Miller ◽  
Janice L Krieger ◽  
Michael Stellefson ◽  
JeeWon Cheong
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Areti Efthymiou ◽  
Nicos Middleton ◽  
Andreas Charalambous ◽  
Evridiki Papastavrou

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gülbahar Korkmaz Aslan ◽  
Asiye Kartal ◽  
Türkan Turan ◽  
Gülay Taşdemir Yiğitoğlu ◽  
Cansel Kocakabak

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josefin Wångdahl ◽  
Karuna Dahlberg ◽  
Maria Jaensson ◽  
Ulrica Nilsson

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 175
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Estebsari ◽  
ZahraRaisi Filabadi ◽  
ArezooSheikh Milani ◽  
Shahoo Feizi ◽  
Maliheh Nasiri

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bandar Faisal Al-Mifgai ◽  
Joseph Sharit ◽  
Arzu Onar-Thomas ◽  
Shihab Asfour

Objective: This study examined the ability for adults from a developing country to use a personal health record (PHR) to perform health-management tasks. The effects of gender differences as well as differences in attitudes about using the internet to manage health prior to and after exposure to the PHR were also investigated.Methods: A simulation of a PHR based on a well-established U.S. online patient portal was designed and tailored for this particular study population. Two hundred and three adults with a mean age of 40.9 years were recruited from various areas in Saudi Arabia and asked to perform seven common health-management tasks of varying degrees of difficulty. Their electronic health literacy and health numeracy, as well as their attitudes about using online health systems for managing their health prior to and following their interaction with the PHR, were assessed using questionnaires.Results: After controlling for education, perceived health status, and comfort using the internet, electronic health literacy and health numeracy were still found to be significant predictors of participants’ task performance, but only for the more challenging health-management tasks. No important differences based on gender were found. Exposure to the PHR significantly increased the acceptability of using the internet for managing their health.Conclusions: The change in attitudes following interaction with the PHR suggests that many adults in this society could benefit from these electronic health systems, including females who, due to cultural considerations, may desire greater control in managing their health. However, the importance of electronic health literacy and health numeracy suggests the need for designs that minimize the impact of these factors for successful performance of health-management tasks.


2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 1025-1037 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth E Wetta ◽  
Roberta D Severin ◽  
Heidi Gruhler ◽  
Nate Lewis

Health literacy is the capacity to understand and act upon health-related information and navigate the healthcare system. Published evidence demonstrates a relationship between health literacy and health status. Because of this, there are increasingly calls for a health literacy assessment to be collected and stored in the electronic health record for use by the healthcare team. This article describes the results of a literature review of health literacy assessment instruments with the goal of formulating semantically interoperable concepts that may be used to store the interpretation of the health literacy assessment in the electronic health record. The majority of health literacy instruments could be stored in the electronic health record using a three-concept solution of inadequate, marginal and adequate health literacy. This three-concept solution fully supports semantic interoperability needs across the patient care spectrum.


Author(s):  
Angela Chang ◽  
Peter Schulz

The rapid rise of Internet-based technologies to disseminate health information and services has been shown to enhance online health information acquisition. A Chinese version of the electronic health literacy scale (C-eHEALS) was developed to measure patients’ combined knowledge and perceived skills at finding and applying electronic health information to health problems. A valid sample of 352 interviewees responded to the online questionnaire, and their responses were analyzed. The C-eHEALS, by showing high internal consistency and predictive validity, is an effective screening tool for detecting levels of health literacy in clinical settings. Individuals’ sociodemographic status, perceived health status, and level of health literacy were identified for describing technology users’ characteristics. A strong association between eHealth literacy level, media information use, and computer literacy was found. The emphasis of face-to-face inquiry for obtaining health information was important in the low eHealth literacy group while Internet-based technologies crucially affected decision-making skills in the high eHealth literacy group. This information is timely because it implies that health care providers can use the C-eHEALS to screen eHealth literacy skills and empower patients with chronic diseases with online resources.


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