Mediating effects of e-health literacy on social support and benefit discovery in patients with chronic heart failure
QU Shaohua
QIN Qingzhu
DU Yixiu
LI Yaoyao
CHEN Yamei
FAN Miaomiao
Abstract：Objective To explore the mediating effect of e-health literacy on social support and benefit discovery in patients with chronic heart failure(CHF).Methods Totally 292 CHF patients in a grade-A tertiary hospital in Henan province were investigated by using a general condition questionnaire,a social support rating scale(SSRS),an eHealth literacy scale(eHEALS)and the Chinese version of benefit finding scale(C-BFC).Results The total C-BFC,EHLS and SSS scores were(49.32±11.46)points,(24.50±3.89)points and(40.29±8.18)points,respectively.E-health literacy played a partial mediating role in the relationship between social support and benefit discovery in patients with chronic heart failure.The mediating effect was 0.057,accounting for 20.36%of the total effect.Conclusion It is suggested that clinical staff should strengthen the social support and e-health literacy of CHF patients,so as to improve their level of benefit discovery.
Keywords：Chronic heart failureBenefit findingSocial supporteHealth literacyMediating effect
Publication Date：2024-04-28
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 203-206,212 )