Table 1 Dimension structure, definition and measurement description of the questionnaire
From: How to improve the COVID-19 health education strategy in impoverished regions: a pilot study
Dimension | Definition | Manifest variable | Measurement description |
|---|---|---|---|
CRHL | The health literacy related to COVID-19 | Basic knowledge of COVID-19 | Sum of 13 yes/no itemsa |
Prevention behavior knowledge of COVID-19 | Sum of 12 yes/no items | ||
Protection skills of COVID-19 | Sum of 16 yes/no items | ||
GHL | The ability of individuals to obtain, understand and process general health information and services, and use them to make decisions conducive to improving and maintaining their own health | Scientific health view | Sum of 21 yes/no items |
Infectious disease prevention and control literacy | Sum of 11 yes/no items | ||
Chronic disease prevention and control literacy | Sum of 27 yes/no items | ||
Basic medical literacy | Sum of 23 yes/no items | ||
Health information literacy | Sum of 15 yes/no items | ||
CRIRA | The evaluation of respondents on the access to COVID-19 related information report | Information source authority | 5-point Likert-type scaleb |
Information reporting adequacy | 5-point Likert-type scale | ||
Information expression intelligibility | 5-point Likert-type scale | ||
Information content practicability | 5-point Likert-type scale | ||
CRTPR | The respondents’ anxiety and tense psychological reactions related to COVID-19 | CRTPR | Sum of two 5-point Likert-type scales and 7 yes/no itemsc |