| Literature DB >> 35072816 |
Junghee Yoon1,2, Mangyeong Lee3,4, Jin Seok Ahn5, Dongryul Oh6, Soo-Yong Shin3,7, Yoon Jung Chang8,9, Juhee Cho10,11,12,13.
Abstract
In clinical practice, assessing digital health literacy is important to identify patients who may encounter difficulties adapting to digital health using digital technology and service. We developed the Digital Health Technology Literacy Assessment Questionnaire (DHTL-AQ) to assess the ability to use digital health technology, services, and data. The DHTL-AQ was developed in three phases. In the first phase, the conceptual framework and domains and items were generated from a systematic literature review using relevant theory and surveys. In the second phase, a cross-sectional survey with 590 adults age ≥ 18 years was conducted at an academic hospital in Seoul, Korea in January and February 2020 to test face validity of the items. Then, psychometric validation was conducted to determine the final items and cut-off scores of the DHTL-AQ. The eHealth literacy scale, the Newest Vital Sign, and 10 mobile app task ability assessments were examined to test validity. The final DHTL-AQ includes 34 items in two domains (digital functional and digital critical literacy) and 4 categories (Information and Communications Technology terms, Information and Communications Technology icons, use of an app, evaluating reliability and relevance of health information). The DHTL-AQ had excellent internal consistency (overall Cronbach's α = 0.95; 0.87-0.94 for subtotals) and acceptable model fit (CFI = 0.821, TLI = 0.807, SRMR = 0.065, RMSEA = 0.090). The DHTL-AQ was highly correlated with task ability assessment (r = 0.7591), and moderately correlated with the eHealth literacy scale (r = 0.5265) and the Newest Vital Sign (r = 0.5929). The DHTL-AQ is a reliable and valid instrument to measure digital health technology literacy.Entities:
Keywords: Digital health literacy; Digital health technology literacy; Measurement scale; Performance-based task ability; Tool development
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Year: 2022 PMID: 35072816 PMCID: PMC8784987 DOI: 10.1007/s10916-022-01800-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Med Syst ISSN: 0148-5598 Impact factor: 4.460
Fig. 1Development process of Digital Health Technology Literacy Assessment Questionnaire (DHTL-AQ)
Participant characteristics (N = 590)
| Characteristic | |
|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD), range | 46.5 (13.0), 20–84 |
| < 40 | 143 (24.3) |
| 41–50 | 152 (25.7) |
| 51–60 | 161 (27.3) |
| > 61 | 154 (22.6) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 273 (46.3) |
| Female | 317 (53.7) |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 459 (77.8) |
| Single/divorce/widowed | 130 (22.0) |
| Unknown | 1 (0.2) |
| Education | |
| ≤ High school | 220 (37.3) |
| ≥ College | 370 (62.7) |
| Employment status | |
| Employed | 337 (57.1) |
| Unemployed | 252 (42.7) |
| Unknown | 1 (0.2) |
| Monthly household income | |
| < $2,000 | 63 (10.7) |
| $2,000-$3,999 | 134 (22.7) |
| $4,000-$5,999 | 179 (30.3) |
| ≥ $6,000 | 205 (34.8) |
| Unknown | 9 (1.5) |
| Status of disease | |
| Chronic disease (yes) | 377 (63.9) |
| Number of households | |
| None | 33 (5.6) |
| 1 | 150 (25.4) |
| ≥ 2 | 376 (63.7) |
| Unknown | 31 (5.3) |
Initial results of exploratory factor analysis (36 items)
| Domain | Items | Factor1 | Factor2 | Factor3 | Factor4 | Factor5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.I can record the amount of activity (steps), weight, and meals through the app | 0.8613 | -0.114 | 0.0842 | 0.1531 | -0.1728 | |
| 2.I can check the amount of activity (steps), weight, and meals recorded through the app | 0.8586 | -0.125 | 0.0817 | 0.1457 | -0.165 | |
| 3.I can use the recorded health information for my health through the app | 0.8327 | -0.133 | 0.0624 | 0.2196 | -0.1836 | |
| 4.I can record my health information through the app | 0.8212 | -0.1368 | 0.0916 | 0.2494 | -0.1829 | |
| 5.I can set preferences (sound, security, display, notification etc.) for the app | 0.7303 | -0.2218 | 0.2897 | 0.099 | -0.1306 | |
| 6.I can find more reliable apps by comparing different apps | 0.6588 | -0.1734 | 0.1425 | 0.2405 | -0.1974 | |
| 7.I can update the app | 0.6466 | -0.2097 | 0.4645 | 0.1638 | -0.0382 | |
| 8.I can easily find the app to help my health | 0.6455 | -0.0959 | 0.2159 | 0.0882 | -0.1991 | |
| 9.I can sign up to use the app (create ID, password, etc.) | 0.6098 | -0.2432 | 0.4272 | 0.1212 | -0.0635 | |
| 10.I can download the app.* | 0.5736 | -0.3082 | 0.4998 | 0.1477 | -0.0005 | |
| 11.Icon (Download) | -0.1213 | 0.7535 | -0.1113 | -0.1194 | 0.123 | |
| 12.Icon (Security file) | -0.2204 | 0.7452 | -0.169 | -0.1415 | 0.1206 | |
| 13.Icon (Search bar) | -0.1604 | 0.7199 | -0.1415 | -0.2682 | 0.0107 | |
| 14.Icon (Synchronization) | -0.2823 | 0.7179 | -0.12 | -0.1744 | 0.059 | |
| 15.Icon (Voice assistant) | -0.163 | 0.6882 | -0.0895 | -0.229 | 0.1161 | |
| 16.Icon (Social media) | -0.0717 | 0.6815 | -0.1821 | 0.0159 | 0.1305 | |
| 17.Icon (Bluetooth) | -0.2348 | 0.669 | -0.3076 | -0.2574 | 0.0588 | |
| 18.Icon (URL) | -0.1535 | 0.6603 | -0.1904 | -0.0873 | 0.0125 | |
| 19.Icon (QR code) | -0.1497 | 0.5973 | -0.3424 | 0.0752 | 0.0754 | |
| 20.Icon (App menu-hamburger icon)* | -0.3725 | 0.288 | -0.1231 | -0.4082 | 0.069 | |
| 21.Internet-related term (Update, synchronization) | 0.2006 | -0.1822 | 0.7682 | 0.2136 | -0.0709 | |
| 22.Internet-related term (Application) | 0.1312 | -0.1904 | 0.7601 | 0.2038 | -0.0876 | |
| 23.Internet-related term (Bluetooth) | 0.2124 | -0.2715 | 0.6523 | 0.1531 | -0.0846 | |
| 24.Internet-related term (QR code) | 0.2977 | -0.2147 | 0.5938 | 0.3141 | -0.0949 | |
| 25.Internet-related term (Play store, app store) | 0.3197 | -0.3631 | 0.5239 | 0.3642 | -0.0459 | |
| 26.Internet-related term (Wearable device) | 0.2321 | -0.146 | 0.128 | 0.7235 | -0.1454 | |
| 27.Internet-related term (Search bar) | 0.1886 | -0.1377 | 0.1952 | 0.6952 | -0.1046 | |
| 28.Internet-related term (Web browser) | 0.2877 | -0.2191 | 0.2406 | 0.6807 | -0.1251 | |
| 29.Internet-related term (Domain, URL) | 0.3381 | -0.2273 | 0.2221 | 0.6732 | -0.115 | |
| 30.Internet related term (Cloud) | 0.3844 | -0.1605 | 0.2583 | 0.5835 | -0.1358 | |
| 31.Internet-related term (Chatbot, voice assistant) | 0.282 | -0.1538 | 0.2598 | 0.5722 | -0.0864 | |
| 32.I can judge whether the information on the Internet or digital health was used for commercial benefit | -0.104 | 0.0006 | -0.0222 | -0.0327 | 0.8162 | |
| 33.I can judge whether the information I find on the Internet or in digital health is properly used for myself | -0.2207 | 0.0592 | -0.0946 | -0.1169 | 0.8082 | |
| 34.I can judge whether the information I got from the Internet or digital health is reliable | -0.1581 | 0.1422 | -0.043 | -0.0084 | 0.7944 | |
| 35.I can check if the same information is provided by other websites or on the Internet | -0.2197 | 0.0886 | -0.0799 | -0.155 | 0.7609 | |
| 36.I can use the information I find on the Internet or digital health to make health-related decisions | -0.2174 | 0.1172 | -0.0381 | -0.1561 | 0.7398 | |
*These items were deleted from the final EFA
Fig. 2Confirmatory factor analysis
Concurrent and discriminative validity (correlation)
| 0.7591 | |||||||
| ICT terms | 0.7084 | 0.8963 | |||||
| ICT icons | 0.6796 | 0.7559 | 0.6341 | ||||
| Use of an app | 0.6407 | 0.8800 | 0.7031 | 0.5033 | |||
| Evaluating reliability and relevance of health information | 0.3360 | 0.6241 | 0.3913 | 0.3137 | 0.5032 | ||
| 0.5168 | 0.5929 | 0.5837 | 0.5430 | 0.4537 | 0.2745 | ||
| 0.4076 | 0.5265 | 0.4240 | 0.3557 | 0.4620 | 0.4774 | 0.3298 | |
DHTL digital health technology literacy, eHEALS eHealth literacy measurement, NVS Newest Vital Sign
Fig. 3Correlation with digital health technology literacy and task ability, eHealth literacy, and health literacy. *eHealth literacy was assessed using the Korean eHealth literacy tool [18], and health literacy was measured using the Newest Vital Sign [27]