Electronic Health Literacy Level in Nurses Working at Selected Military Hospitals in Tehran in 2019

Electronic health literacy has been considered a public health goal in the present century so that having electronic health literacy is essential to improve healthcare status.

This study aimed to investigate the electronic health literacy level in nurses working at selected military hospitals in Tehran in 2019.

This was a descriptive-analytical, cross-sectional study on 135 nurses in selected military hospitals in Tehran selected through a stratified convenience samplingmethod in 2019. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire and the eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS) filled in by nurses. The Spearman correlation test was used to assess the relationship between research variables and Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to compare different groups. Data were analyzed using SPSS-23 at a significance level of 0.05.

In this study, 135 questionnaires were analyzed. The mean score of the electronic health literacy of nurses was 31.72 ± 5.51. Nurses’ electronic health literacy was significantly correlated with age, working hospital, and education level (P < 0.05).

According to the results, nurses’ electronic health literacy was desirable. Also, it seems that continuing education and pursuing higher academic degrees will increase nurses’ electronic health literacy