Measuring Digital Vaccine Literacy: Development and Psychometric Assessment of the Digital Vaccine Literacy Scale.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of the internet to look for information about vaccines has skyrocketed in the last years, especially with the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital vaccine literacy (DVL) refers to understanding, trust, appraisal, and application of vaccine-related information online.

Objective

This study aims to develop a tool measuring DVL and assess its psychometric properties.

Methods

A 7-item online questionnaire was administered to 848 French adults. Different psychometric analyses were performed, including descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and convergent and discriminant validity.

Results

We developed the 7-item DVL scale composed of 3 factors (understanding and trust official information; understanding and trust i

SUBMITTER: Montagni I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9798258 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature