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cord-007118-fo2lq1sb	Zakaria, Nasriah	Development of Saudi e-health literacy scale for chronic diseases in Saudi Arabia: using integrated health literacy dimensions	2018-03-24		.txt	text/plain	3217	172	49	Despite evidence of high IT use, there is no published evidence about whether the Saudi population is using IT to obtain health information or make decisions, especially regarding NCDs such as diabetes, cardiovascular issues and hypertension. In this study, we describe the development of a Saudi e-health literacy scale (SeHL) for measuring e-health literacy among Saudis suffering from NCDs, especially diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. We were able to aggregate a scale that measures e-health literacy based on four dimensions: decision making, information seeking, confidence, and use of media and technology. We did this by reviewing previous studies in health literacy and e-health literacy and by conducting workshops to propose a new scale suitable for measuring e-health literacy levels among the Saudi population. In terms of the public health field, this e-health literacy research can help organization build a better patient education system that would promote prevention of NCDs. This study also analyzed literacy dimensions identified in other wellknown scales in AlSayah et al.	./cache/cord-007118-fo2lq1sb.txt	./txt/cord-007118-fo2lq1sb.txt