HLS₁₉-DIGI - a new instrument for measuring digital health literacy: development, validation and associations with determinants and health outcomes in 13 countries.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Digital health information sources are playing an increasingly prominent role in health promotion, public health and in healthcare systems. Consequently, digital health literacy skills are likewise becoming increasingly important.

Methods

Using a concept validation approach, the aim of the study was to validate a digital health literacy measure applied in the European Health Literacy Survey 2019-2021 (HLS₁₉) of the WHO M-POHL Network, analyzing data from 28,057 respondents from 13 European countries.

Results

The scale displayed high internal consistency. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) strengthened the hypothesized one-factor structure. In most countries, the data displayed acceptable fit to the unidimensional Rasch partial credit model (PCM

SUBMITTER: Levin-Zamir D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11966570 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature