Testing Measurement Properties of the Norwegian Version of Electronic Health Literacy Scale (eHEALS) in a Group of Day Surgery Patients

Figures & data

Table 1 Overview of the Descriptive Statistics (ie, Md, M, St.d. Skewness and Kurtosis) on the eHEALS Items

eHEALS Items	Md	M	St.d.	Skewness	Kurtosis
I know what health resources are available on the Internet	4	3.62	0.75	−0.341	−0.096
I know where to find helpful health resources on the Internet	4	3.67	0.79	−0.414	−0.103
I know how to find helpful health resources on the Internet	4	3.77	0.77	−0.861	1.386
I know how to use the Internet to answer my health questions	4	3.84	0.82	−0.642	0.681
I know how to use the health information I find on the Internet to help me	4	3.78	0.75	−0.594	0.400
I have the skills I need to evaluate the health resources I find on the Internet	4	3.59	0.91	−0.429	0.087
I can tell high-quality from low-quality health resources on the Internet	4	3.53	0.93	−0.550	0.572
I feel confident in using information from the Internet to make health decisions	3	3.24	0.96	−0.379	−0.116

Table 2 Corrected Item-Total Correlations and Alpha if Item Deleted for the Total eHEALS and the Individual Items

Items	Corrected Item-Total Correlations^a	Alpha if Item Deleted
I know what health resources are available on the Internet	0.70	0.82
I know where to find helpful health resources on the Internet	0.72	0.88
I know how to find helpful health resources on the Internet	0.71	0.88
I know how to use the Internet to answer my health questions	0.71	0.88
I know how to use the health information I find on the Internet to help me	0.77	0.88
I have the skills I need to evaluate the health resources I find on the Internet	0.71	0.88
I can tell high-quality from low-quality health resources on the Internet	0.56	0.90
I feel confident in using information from the Internet to make health decisions	0.61	0.89

Note: ^aAll correlations were significant at p<0.001.

Table 3 Standardized Factor Loadings for the eHEALS

eHEALS Items	Pattern Coefficients		Structure Coefficients
	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 1	Factor 2
I know what health resources are available on the Internet	0.934		0.902	0.382
I know where to find helpful health resources on the Internet	0.932		0.904	0.403
I know how to find helpful health resources on the Internet	0.923		0.907	0.396
I know how to use the health information I find on the Internet to help me	0.634	0.330	0.792	0.634
I know how to use the Internet to answer my health questions	0.495	0.422	0.698	0.660
I can tell high-quality from low-quality health resources on the Internet		0.929	0.333	0.875
I feel confident in using information from the Internet to make health decisions		0.862	0.408	0.859
I have the skills I need to evaluate the health resources I find on the Internet	0.313	0.623	0.612	0.773

Note: The highest loadings are marked in bold.