Testing the Digital Health Literacy Instrument for Adolescents: Cognitive Interviews.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the increasing number of youth seeking health information on the internet, few studies have been conducted to measure digital health literacy in this population. The digital health literacy instrument (DHLI) is defined as a scale that measures the ability to operate digital devices and read and write in web-based modes, and it assesses seven subconstructs: operational skills, navigation skills, information searching, evaluating reliability, determining relevance, adding self-generated content to a web-based app, and protecting privacy. Currently, there is no validation process of this instrument among adolescents.

Objective

This study aims to explore the usability and content validity of DHLI.

Methods

Upon the approval of institutional review board

SUBMITTER: Park E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8074835 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature