Construct Validity of the eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS) Among Two Adult Populations: A Rasch Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Internet has become a ubiquitous venue for information seeking, especially for health information. Public health practitioners have noticed the promise and potential of the Internet, however, little is known about individuals' skills of their eHealth literacy. The eHealth Literacy Scale, eHEALS, was designed to measure perceptions of individuals' eHealth literacy skills.

Objective

The objective of the study was to examine the psychometric validity and reliability of the eHEALS with two adult populations using the Rasch Model.

Methods

A college-aged sample and an Internet-based sample (Amazon's MTurk) were recruited to complete the eHEALS, demographic questions, and a health literacy scale. Using WINSTEPS and SPSS, unidimensionality, item fit, rating sca

SUBMITTER: Nguyen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4909391 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature