TY  - JOUR
U1  - Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
A1  - Hiltrop, Kati
A1  - Hiebel, Nina
A1  - Geiser, Franziska
A1  - Kriegsmann-Rabe, Milena
A1  - Gambashidze, Nikoloz
A1  - Morawa, Eva
A1  - Erim, Yesim
A1  - Weidner, Kerstin
A1  - Albus, Christian
A1  - Ernstmann, Nicole
T1  - Measuring COVID-19 Related Health Literacy in Healthcare Professionals-Psychometric Evaluation of the HL-COV-HP Instrument
JF  - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
N2  - BACKGROUND
Thus far, there is no instrument available measuring COVID-19 related health literacy of healthcare professionals. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop an instrument assessing COVID-19 related health literacy in healthcare professionals (HL-COV-HP) and evaluate its psychometric properties.
METHODS
An exploratory factor analysis, a confirmatory factor analysis, and descriptive analyses were conducted using data from n = 965 healthcare professionals. Health literacy related to COVID-19 was measured with 12 items, which were adapted from the validated HLS-EU-Q16 instrument measuring general health literacy.
RESULTS
Exploratory factor analysis demonstrated that 12 items loaded on one component. After removing one item due to its high standardized residual covariance, the confirmatory factor analysis of a one-factor model with 11 items showed satisfactory model fit (χ2 = 199.340, df = 41, χ2/df = 4.862, p < 0.001, RMSEA = 0.063, CFI = 0.963 and TLI = 0.951). The HL-COV-HP instrument showed good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha 0.87) and acceptable construct reliability.
CONCLUSIONS
The HL-COV-HP is a reliable, valid, and feasible instrument to assess the COVID-19 related health literacy in healthcare professionals. It can be used in hospitals or other healt hcare settings to assess the motivation and ability of healthcare professionals to find, understand, evaluate, and use COVID-19 information.
KW  - COVID-19
KW  - Health literacy
KW  - SARS-CoV2-pandemic
KW  - exploratory factor analysis
KW  - confirmatory factor analysis
KW  - healthcare professionals
Y1  - 2021
SN  - 1661-7827
SS  - 1661-7827
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211959
DO  - https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211959
PM  - 34831720
VL  - 18
IS  - 22
PB  - MDPI
ER  -