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eHealth Literacy: Predictors in a Population With Moderate-to-High Cardiovascular Risk

Richtering, Sarah S; Hyun, Karice; Neubeck, Lis; Coorey, Genevieve; Chalmers, John; Usherwood, Tim; Peiris, David; Chow, Clara K; Redfern, Julie

Authors

Sarah S Richtering

Karice Hyun

Genevieve Coorey

John Chalmers

Tim Usherwood

David Peiris

Clara K Chow

Julie Redfern



Abstract

Background: Electronic health (eHealth) literacy is a growing area of research parallel to the ongoing development of eHealth interventions. There is, however, little and conflicting information regarding the factors that influence eHealth literacy, notably in chronic disease. We are similarly ill-informed about the relationship between eHealth and health literacy, 2 related yet distinct health-related literacies.
Objective: The aim of our study was to investigate the demographic, socioeconomic, technology use, and health literacy predictors of eHealth literacy in a population with moderate-to-high cardiovascular risk.
Methods: Demographic and socioeconomic data were collected from 453 participants of the CONNECT (Consumer Navigation of Electronic Cardiovascular Tools) study, which included age, gender, education, income, cardiovascular-related polypharmacy, private health care, main electronic device use, and time spent on the Internet. Participants also completed an eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS) and a Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ). Univariate analyses were performed to compare patient demographic and socioeconomic characteristics between the low (eHEALS

Citation

Richtering, S. S., Hyun, K., Neubeck, L., Coorey, G., Chalmers, J., Usherwood, T., Peiris, D., Chow, C. K., & Redfern, J. (2017). eHealth Literacy: Predictors in a Population With Moderate-to-High Cardiovascular Risk. JMIR Human Factors, 4(1), e4. https://doi.org/10.2196/humanfactors.6217

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 12, 2016
Online Publication Date Jan 27, 2017
Publication Date Jan 30, 2017
Deposit Date Jan 30, 2017
Publicly Available Date Jan 30, 2017
Journal JMIR Human Factors
Print ISSN 2292-9495
Publisher JMIR Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 4
Issue 1
Pages e4
DOI https://doi.org/10.2196/humanfactors.6217
Keywords eHealth; socioeconomic factors; health literacy; cardiovascular system; chronic disease; Internet
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/677227
Contract Date Jan 30, 2017

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©Sarah S Richtering, Karice Hyun, Lis Neubeck, Genevieve Coorey, John Chalmers, Tim Usherwood, David Peiris, Clara K Chow, Julie Redfern. Originally published in JMIR Human Factors (http://humanfactors.jmir.org), 27.01.2017.
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in JMIR Human Factors, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on http://humanfactors.jmir.org, as well as this copyright and license information must be included








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