In the published article, there was missing information. Information about the whole items of scale used in the study is now provided as Supplementary Table 1: the English and simplified Chinese version of Digital Health Literacy Assessment (DHLA) scale.
Supplementary Table 1
| Scale items (量表条目) | Option (答案选项) | |
|---|---|---|
| Self-rated Digital Health Literacy (自评数字健康素养) | 1. My ability to operate a computer/smart phone to search the online information I need (我操作电脑/智能型手机上网搜寻我所需资料的能力). | ①Not good at all (非常不好) ②Not good (不好) ③Average (一般) ④Good (一般) ⑤Very good (非常好) |
| 2. My ability to search for the online health/disease related information (我上网搜寻健康/疾病相关信息的能力). | ①Not good at all (非常不好) ②Not good (不好) ③Average (一般) ④Good (好) ⑤Very good (非常好) | |
| 3. My ability to find the online health/disease related information (我上网找资料了解健康问题/疾病的能力). | ①Not good at all (非常不好) ②Not good (不好) ③Average (一般) ④Good (好) ⑤Very good (非常好) | |
| 4. My ability to find the online information to answer questions about healthcare/disease treatment (我上网找信息解答健康照护/疾病治疗问题的能力). | ①Not good at all (非常不好) ②Not good (不好) ③Average (一般) ④Good (好) ⑤Very good (非常好) | |
| 5. My ability to communicate with healthcare professionals using information found online (我利用上网找到的信息跟医护人员沟通的能力). | ①Not good at all (非常不好) ②Not good (不好) ③Average (一般) ④Good (好) ⑤Very good (非常好) | |
| 6. My ability to judge the correctness or incorrectness of healthcare information found online (我判断上网找到的健康信息正确与否的能力). | ①Not good at all (非常不好) ②Not good (不好) ③Average (一般) ④Good (好) ⑤Very good (非常好) | |
| Trust Degree of Online Health Information ②(网络健康信息信任度) | 7. My trust degree of the health-related information found online (我对于上网找到的健康相关信息的信任度). | ①Strongly distrust (非常不信任) ②Distrust (不信任) ③Generally (一般) ④Trust (信任) ⑤Strongly trust (非常信任) |
| 8. My trust degree of the online health-related information provided by doctors (我对于上网找到的、由医生提供的健康相关信息的信任度). | ①Strongly distrust (非常不信任) ②Distrust (不信任) ③Generally (一般) ④Trust (信任) ⑤Strongly trust (非常信任) | |
| 9. My trust degree of online health-related information provided by hospitals (我对于上网找到的、由医院提供的健康相关信息的信任度). | ①Strongly distrust (非常不信任) ②Distrust(不信任) ③Generally(一般) ④Trust(信任) ⑤Strongly trust(非常信任) | |
| 10. My trust degree of online health-related information related to folk prescriptions (我对于上网找到与民间偏方有关的健康相关信息的信任度). | ①Strongly distrust(非常不信任) ②Distrust (不信任) ③Generally (一般) ④Trust (信任) ⑤Strongly trust (非常信任) |
The English and simplified Chinese version of Digital Health Literacy Assessment (DHLA) scale 数字健康素养评估量表.
The DHLA scale consists of 10 questions using a 5-point Likert scale. Answer options from 1 (Not good at all) to 5 (Very good) for 1–6 items and 1 (Strongly distrust) to 5 (Strongly trust) for 7–10 items. The total score ranges from 10 to 50. Higher scores indicate higher levels of digital health literacy.
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Keywords
digital health literacy assessment, reliability, validity, university students, China
Citation
Nie L, Zhao J, Pan L, Pang M, Wang J, Zhou Y, Chen R, Liu H, Xu X, Su B and Kong F (2024) Addendum: Validation of the digital health literacy assessment among the university students in China. Front. Public Health 12:1388818. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1388818
Received
20 February 2024
Accepted
20 March 2024
Published
05 April 2024
Volume
12 - 2024
Edited and reviewed by
Wellington Pinheiro dos Santos, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
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*Correspondence: Fanlei Kong kongfanlei@sdu.edu.cn
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