Term Description

The eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS) is an 8-item measure developed to measure consumers' combined knowledge, comfort, and perceived skills at finding, evaluating, and applying electronic health information to health problems. The objective of the study was to psychometrically evaluate the properties of the eHEALS within a population context.

Reference Information

TypeSourceReference
CitationGravity ProjectNorman, C. D., & Skinner, H. A. (2006). eHEALS: The eHealth Literacy Scale. Journal of medical Internet research, 8(4), e27.https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.8.4.e27

Panel Hierarchy

Details for each LOINC in Panel LHC-Forms

LOINCNameR/O/CCardinalityExample UCUM Units
107619-9eHealth Literacy Scale [eHEALS]
Indent107624-9I know what health resources are available on the Internet
Indent107623-1I know where to find helpful health resources on the Internet
Indent107622-3I know how to find helpful health resources on the Internet
Indent107628-0I know how to use the Internet to answer my questions about health
Indent107627-2I know how to use the health information I find on the Internet to help me
Indent107626-4I have the skills I need to evaluate the health resources I find on the Internet
Indent107621-5I can tell high quality health resources from low quality health resources on the Internet
Indent107620-7I feel confident in using information from the Internet to make health decisions
Indent107625-6Total score [eHEALS]{score}

LOINC Names Get Info

Fully-Specified Name
eHealth Literacy Scale:-:RptPeriod:^Patient:-:eHEALS
Long Common Name
eHealth Literacy Scale [eHEALS]

Part Model Get Info

  • Component
    eHealth Literacy Scale
    LP447154-8
    • Analyte
      eHealth Literacy Scale
      LP447154-8
      • Component Numerator
        eHealth Literacy Scale
        LP447154-8
        • Component Numerator Core
          eHealth Literacy Scale
          LP447154-8
        • Component Numerator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
      • Component Denominator
        NULL
         
        • Component Denominator Core
          NULL
           
        • Component Denominator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
    • Challenge
      NULL
       
    • Adjustment
      NULL
       
    • Count
      NULL
       
  • Property
    -
    LP6769-6
  • Time
    RptPeriod
    LP190654-6
  • System
    ^Patient
    LP310005-6
    • System Core
      NULL
       
    • Super System
      Patient
      LP6985-8
  • Scale
    -
    LP7747-1
  • Method
    eHEALS
    LP447153-0

Basic Attributes

Class
PANEL.SURVEY.SDOH
Type
Surveys
First Released
Version 2.81
Last Updated
Version 2.81 (ADD)
Order vs. Observation
Order
Panel Type
Panel

Member of these Groups Get Info

LOINC GroupGroup Name
LG51306-5SDOH

LOINC Terminology Service (API) using HL7® FHIR® Get Info

CodeSystem lookup
https://fhir.loinc.org/CodeSystem/$lookup?system=http://loinc.org&code=107619-9
Questionnaire definition
https://fhir.loinc.org/Questionnaire/?url=http://loinc.org/q/107619-9