Table 6 Recommendations for future eHLQ use, score interpretation and reporting by researchers and others

1. Collect contextual information such as prior eHealth experience, and current diagnosis, depending on purpose of use and use in score interpretation.

2. Perform validity analysis in new contexts to build further validity arguments for use of the Dutch eHLQ.

3. Perform cognitive interviews when used in a new context to test if intended interpretation of data is valid for the new context and reason for testing.

4. Include description of local or national digital healthcare context, depending on context and purpose of use.