Measuring eHealth Literacy in Urban Hospitalized Patients: Implications for the Post-COVID World

摘要

Histogram demonstrating eHEALS score distribution, stratified by health literacy (HL) level. eHEALS is an 8-item questionnaire with each item scored on Likert scale from 1 to 5 (from strongly disagree to strongly agree), with resultant composite score out of 40.14 Predominantly disagree scores range from 8 to 15.99, mostly disagree scores range from 16 to 23.99, mostly agree scores range from 24 to 31.99, and predominantly agree scores range from 32 to 40. Low eHealth is defined by a score < 24, moderate/high eHealth is defined by a score ≥ 24. The median eHEALS score was 30 (IQR 11).