Validation of the COVID-19 Digital Health Literacy Instrument in the Italian Language: A Cross-Sectional Study of Italian University Students

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

卷:19

Kevin Dadaczynski¹  Guglielmo Bonaccorsi²  Chiara Lorini²  Patrizio Zanobini²  Veronica Velasco³  Luca P. Vecchio³  Orkan Okan⁴ 

[1] Department of Health Science, Fulda University of Applied Sciences, 36037 Fulda, Germany;

[2] Department of Health Science, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy;

[3] Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20123 Milan, Italy;

[4] Department of Sports and Health Science, Technical University Munich, 80992 Munich, Germany;

关键词: digital health literacy;    COVID-19;    university students;    infodemic;    measurement;    scale validation;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph19106247

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic and the associated “infodemic” have shown the importance of surveillance and promotion of health literacy, especially for young adults such as university students who use digital media to a very high degree. This study aimed to assess the validity and reliability of the Italian version of the COVID-19 adapted version of the Digital Health Literacy Instrument (DHLI). This cross-sectional study is part of the COVID-19 University Students Survey involving 3985 students from two Italian universities. First, item analysis and internal consistency were assessed. Then, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Confirmatory Factor Analyses (CFA) were performed comparing different models. The Italian DHLI showed good psychometric characteristics. The protecting privacy subscale was excluded, given the criticalities presented in the validation process. CFA confirmed the four-factor structure, also including a high-order factor. This result allows using the scale to measure a global level of digital health literacy and consider its levels separately for each construct component: searching the web for information, evaluating reliability, determining personal relevance, and adding self-generated content.

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