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Hiltrop, Kati ORCID: 0000-0002-8357-0855, Hiebel, Nina, Geiser, Franziska ORCID: 0000-0002-4212-9692, Kriegsmann-Rabe, Milena, Gambashidze, Nikoloz, Morawa, Eva, Erim, Yesim, Weidner, Kerstin, Albus, Christian and Ernstmann, Nicole (2021). Measuring COVID-19 Related Health Literacy in Healthcare Professionals-Psychometric Evaluation of the HL-COV-HP Instrument. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 18 (22). BASEL: MDPI. ISSN 1660-4601

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Abstract

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 (chi(2) = 199.340, df = 41, chi(2)/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.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Hiltrop, Kati UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-8357-0855 UNSPECIFIED Hiebel, Nina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Geiser, Franziska UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-4212-9692 UNSPECIFIED Kriegsmann-Rabe, Milena UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Gambashidze, Nikoloz UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Morawa, Eva UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Erim, Yesim UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Weidner, Kerstin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Albus, Christian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ernstmann, Nicole UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-584884
DOI:	10.3390/ijerph182211959
Journal or Publication Title:	Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
Volume:	18
Number:	22
Date:	2021
Publisher:	MDPI
Place of Publication:	BASEL
ISSN:	1660-4601
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language KNOWLEDGE; WORKERS Multiple languages Environmental Sciences; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/58488