The Swedish Version of the Electronic Health Literacy Scale: Prospective Psychometric Evaluation Study Including Thresholds Levels.

Josefin Wångdahl Maria Jaensson Karuna Dahlberg Ulrica Nilsson

Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2020)

The Swedish version of eHEALS was assessed as being unidimensional with high internal consistency of the instrument, making the reliability adequate. Adapted threshold levels for inadequate, problematic, and sufficient levels of eHealth literacy seem to be relevant. However, there are some linguistic issues relating to the concept of health resources.

Keyphrases

health information
public health
mental health
psychometric properties
risk assessment