doctoral project
Development and validation of a measurement instrument for exercise-related health literacy
Topic/content
The concept of health literacy has gained considerable attention and importance in recent years. Good health literacy comprises the knowledge, motivation and competence to find, understand, assess and use relevant health information in order to make decisions that maintain or improve quality of life, both in terms of disease management and prevention and health promotion. Health-related information about exercise and physical activity plays an important role in all three dimensions. The literature vouches for a course between health literacy and physical activity. Physical activity is generally regarded as a key factor for health and well-being, as regular physical activity has a positive effect on many areas of the body.
These academic findings are contrasted by the physical activity behaviour of the population. In order to be able to measure health literacy in relation to exercise and physical activity in the future, a measurement instrument for exercise-related health literacy is being developed and validated. Current constructs for physical activity-related health literacy and also physical literacy are conceptualised differently and capture different dimensions. Initially, an item pool will be developed and critically reviewed and assessed using Delphi procedures. As part of the validation study, in addition to the newly developed measurement instrument for physical activity-related health literacy, other measurement instruments will also be included in the survey. Static procedures (e.g. Cronbach's alpha, Bland-Altman analysis, correlation analysis, principal component analysis and confirmatory factor analysis) are used to check reliability and validity.
Curriculum Vitae
Academic and professional qualifications
2020-now: Research assistant at the Institute of Work and Technology - FSP Health Economy & Quality of Life
2017-2020: Research assistant - Bochum University of Applied Sciences for Health
2017-2019: M.Sc. Evidence-based Health care - Bochum University of Applied Sciences for Health
2013-2017: B.Sc Physiotherapy - Bochum University of Applied Sciences for Health
Research activities
Conducting health science research projects in the areas of digitisation, care structures and offers, health literacy.
Publications (examples)
Cramer, E., Weber, F., Faro, G., Klein, M., Willeke, D., Hering, T. & Zietz, D. (2020). Cross-cultural adaption and validation of the German version of the Mini-BESTest in individuals after stroke: an observational study. Neurological research and practice, 2(1), 1-9.
Presentations (examples)
Cramer, E. & Enste, P. (2022). Effects of regional, socio-economic-health differences in the Ruhr area in the two-year course of the COVID-19 pandemic. 57th Annual Conference of the German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention, Magdeburg (09.09.2022)
Cramer, E. (2019). Physiotherapy based on instrumental gait analysis. Symposium 13-Gait Rehabilitation after Stroke: Mutual Learning of Humans and Machines. 26th Annual Conference of the German Society for Neurorehabilitation (DGNR), Leipzig (06.12.2019)
Cramer, E., Weber, M. & Zietz, D. (2019). "RehaBoard" project: Physiotherapy in the machine learning process for interprofessional therapy decisions. Three-country conference, Bochum (11 November 2019)
