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ArticleInternational journal of nursing studies advances2025

Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Digital Health Literacy Instrument for individuals with heart failure.

Daniele Cristina Bosco Aprile, Karina Aparecida Lopes da Costa, Renata Eloah de Lucena Ferretti-Rebustini, Vinicius Batista Santos, Mirian Ueda Yamaguchi, Camila Takáo Lopes

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Daniele Cristina Bosco AprileEscola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, 754 Napoleão de Barros St, Zip code 04024-002, Vila Clementino, São Paulo-SP, Brazil.
Karina Aparecida Lopes da CostaEscola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, 754 Napoleão de Barros St, Zip code 04024-002, Vila Clementino, São Paulo-SP, Brazil.
Renata Eloah de Lucena Ferretti-RebustiniEscola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo, 419 Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar Av, Zip code 05403-000, Cerqueira César, São Paulo-SP, Brazil.
Vinicius Batista SantosEscola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, 754 Napoleão de Barros St, Zip code 04024-002, Vila Clementino, São Paulo-SP, Brazil.
Mirian Ueda YamaguchiPrograma de Pós-graduação em Promoção da Saúde da UniCesumar, Universidade Cesumar, 833 Guedner Av, Zip code 87050-900, Jardim Aclimação, Maringá-PR, Brazil.
Camila Takáo LopesEscola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, 754 Napoleão de Barros St, Zip code 04024-002, Vila Clementino, São Paulo-SP, Brazil.

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Background: Digital health literacy is a critical skill for heart failure self-care, which should be assessed through valid and reliable instruments. Objective: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Digital Health Literacy Instrument in individuals with heart failure. Design: A psychometric study analyzing internal structure validity and reliability. Settings: The participants were recruited at the cardiomyopathy outpatient clinic of a public hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. Participants: Outpatients with heart failure who used the internet. Methods: The instrument was administered to 127 individuals, with bootstrapping to 500. Internal structure validity and reliability were assessed through Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses. Dimensionality was determined via Parallel Analysis, and data extraction employed Robust MORGANA factor analysis. Measure of Sampling Adequacy and Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin were expected to be close to 1 and Bartlett's test should have Results: A unidimensional model emerged. Five items were removed due to factor loadings <0.2, Heywood case, excessive residuals, and double saturation. The final 16-item model had Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin = 0.86, Measure of Sampling Adequacy >0.75, explained variance = 59 %, factor loadings 0.53-0.86, and communalities 0.28-0.74. Reliability was high (alpha= 0.94, omega= 0.95). The adjusted model showed Comparative Fit Index = 0.99, Tucker-Lewis Index = 0.99 and Goodness of Fit Index = 0.98 and Root Mean Square Error of Approximation = 0.07. Conclusions: The Brazilian version of the Digital Health Literacy Instrument demonstrated strong internal structure validity and reliability for individuals with heart failure, supporting its use in research and clinical practice.

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Digital health literacyHeart failurePsychometricsValidation studies

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