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Infectious Disease-Specific Health Literacy Scale - IDSHL
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Characteristics

Domains: Comprehension, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Infectious Disease
Validation Sample Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years, Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of Administration: Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 28
Validation Sample Size: 8858
Food and Nutrition Literacy - FNLIT
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Characteristics

Domains: Application/function, Communication: Listener, Communication: Speaker, Comprehension, Conceptual Knowledge, Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: Nutrition
Validation Sample Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years
Modes of Administration: Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 46
Validation Sample Size: 400
Three- Factor Structure of the eHealth Literacy Scale Among MRI and CT Outpatients - eHEALS
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Characteristics

Domains: Comprehension
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of Administration: Computer-based, Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 8
Validation Sample Size: 256
Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry-99 (Persian Version) - IREALD-99
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Characteristics

Domains: Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: Dental Health
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 99
Validation Sample Size: 421
Multidimensional Health Literacy Questionnaire for multiple sclerosis patients. - MSHLQ
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Characteristics

Domains: Application/function, Comprehension, Information seeking: Document, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: General, Infectious Disease, Multiple Sclerosis
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration: Face-to-face, Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 22
Validation Sample Size: 210
European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire - Turkish Version - HLS-TR
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Characteristics

Domains: Application/function, Conceptual Knowledge, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 47
Validation Sample Size: 505
European Health Literacy Survey - HLS-EU-Q6
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Characteristics

Domains: Communication: Listener, Communication: Speaker, Comprehension
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration: Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 6
Validation Sample Size: 372
Short Assessment of Health Literacy in Portuguese speaking Adults (Brazilian version) - SAHLPA
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Characteristics

Domains: Comprehension
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 33
Validation Sample Size: 249
Calgary Charter on Health Literacy Scale - calgarycha
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Characteristics

Domains: Application/function, Communication: Listener, Communication: Speaker, Comprehension, Conceptual Knowledge, Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of Administration: Face-to-face, Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 5
Validation Sample Size: 633
Newest Vital Sign Traditional Chinese - NVS-TC
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Characteristics

Domains: Application/function, Information seeking: Document, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of Administration: Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 6
Validation Sample Size: 232
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