Monkman Helen, Kushniruk Andre W, Barnett Jeff, Borycki Elizabeth M, Greiner Leigh E, Sheets Debra
School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
BC Corrections, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2017;245:178-182.
Many researchers assume that there is a relationship between health literacy and eHealth literacy, yet it is not clear whether the literature supports this assumption. The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a relationship between health and eHealth literacy. To this end, participants' (n = 36) scores on the Newest Vital Sign (NVS, a health literacy measure) were correlated with the eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS, an eHealth literacy measure). This analysis revealed no relationship (r = -.041, p = .81) between the two variables. This finding suggests that eHealth Literacy and health literacy are dissimilar. Several possible explanations of the pattern of results are proposed. Currently, it does not seem prudent to use the eHEALS as the sole measure of eHealth literacy, but rather researchers should continue to complement it with a validated health literacy screening tool.
许多研究人员认为健康素养与电子健康素养之间存在关联，但尚不清楚文献是否支持这一假设。本研究的目的是确定健康素养与电子健康素养之间是否存在关联。为此，参与者（n = 36）在最新生命体征量表（NVS，一种健康素养测量工具）上的得分与电子健康素养量表（eHEALS，一种电子健康素养测量工具）进行了相关性分析。该分析表明这两个变量之间不存在关联（r = -.041，p = .81）。这一发现表明电子健康素养与健康素养是不同的。文中提出了几种对结果模式的可能解释。目前，将eHEALS作为电子健康素养的唯一测量工具似乎并不谨慎，相反，研究人员应继续用经过验证的健康素养筛查工具对其进行补充。
