RESUMO O presente artigo busca apresentar evidências de validade de dois instrumentos, Literacia em Saúde e Literacia Digital em Saúde para utilização em idosos e avaliar suas propriedades psicométricas, por meio de um estudo com método descritivo, quantitativo e transversal, realizado com 379 participantes idosos, que responderam aos questionários: a) sociodemográfico, b) Escala de Literacia em Saúde e c) electronic Health Literacy Scale (eHEALS). Foram realizadas análises fatoriais exploratória e confirmatória, com validade convergente dos fatores que foram estimadas por meio da Variância Média Extraída e Confiabilidade Composta, tendo como resultados a apresentação dos instrumentos com cargas fatoriais adequadas (> 0.4), além de confiabilidade adequada (> 0.7). A validade externa testada pela correlação entre os dois instrumentos apresentou correlação estatisticamente significante, positiva e moderada (r = 0.35; p< 0.001), indicando evidências de validade e consistência na Escala de Literacia em Saúde para uso em idosos, e atestando ao instrumento eHEALS confiabilidade adequada e válida para o público idoso brasileiro.
This article aims to adapt cross-culturally two instruments (Health Literacy and Digital Health Literacy) for use with older people and to assess their psychometric properties, through a study with a descriptive, quantitative, and cross-sectional method, carried out with 379 older person participants, who answered the following questionnaires: a) sociodemographic, b) Health Literacy Scale and c) electronic Health Literacy Scale (eHEALS). The analyses performed were exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, the convergent validity of the factors that were estimated through the Average Variance Extracted and Composite Reliability. The result was the presentation of instruments with adequate factor loadings (> 0.4), in addition to adequate reliability (> 0.7). The external validity tested by the correlation between the two instruments showed a statistically significant, positive, and moderate correlation (r = 0.35; p<0.001), presenting evidence of validity and consistency in the Health Literacy Scale for use with older people and attesting to the eHEALS instrument adequate reliability and validity for this population.
O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar e correlacionar a literacia em saúde e a literacia em saúde digital em idosos. Tratando-se de um estudo descritivo, com abordagem quantitativa de delineamento transversal, cuja amostra foi de 379 idosos, através da coleta de dados do questionário sociodemográfico, o Questionário de Literacia em Saúde e o e-Health. Para o tratamento dos dados utilizou-se a estatística descritiva (média e DP), o teste t de Student, ANOVA e teste Post Hoc de Tukey. A amostra foi composta por 53,82% de mulheres. No tocante aos aspectos socioeconômicos, mais da metade dos indivíduos tinham ensino fundamental, e casados, em se tratando da renda, a maioria recebia até 2 salários mínimos. O celular foi o meio mais utilizado pelos usuários da internet. Em suma, ambas as literacias estão associadas à renda,ao acesso à internet e a conclusão do ensino fundamental, sem diferenças significativas entre os gêneros.
Background: Digital health literacy is the ability to seek, find, understand, and appraise health information from electronic sources to solve health problems. Objective: To cross-culturally adapt the European Portuguese version of the eHealth Literacy Scale and analyze the evidence on the psychometric validity of the Brazilian Portuguese version. Methodology: Content validity was assessed using the content validity coefficient, and construct validity was examined using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and reliability measures. Convergent validity was analyzed using the extracted average variance, and concurrent validity was analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient. Results: A content validity coefficient of 0.86, a Cronbach's alpha value of 0.90, and an acceptable construct validity were obtained. Factor loadings indicated adequate values, ranging from 0.65 to 0.88 for a one-dimensional model. Conclusion:The Brazilian Portuguese version has consistent reliability and validity to inform studies on the digital health literacy of users of digital social networks in Brazil. However, a limitation of this study was that the sample had a higher level of education and income than the average population in Brazil.
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