Three-item Brief Health Literacy Screen - BHLS
Measure not available
Characteristics
Domains:
Application/function
Specific Context:
Kidney Disease
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:
3
Validation Sample Size:
150
Functional Communicative Critical Health Literacy - German FCCHL
Measure not available
Characteristics
Domains:
Communication: Speaker
Specific Context:
General
Validation Sample Age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration:
Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
14
Validation Sample Size:
4040
6-Item Cancer Health Literacy Test - CHLT-6
Available online
Characteristics
Domains:
Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context:
Cancer
Validation Sample Age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration:
Computer-based
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
6
Validation Sample Size:
1306
Shortened Subjective Numeracy Scale - SNS-3
Measure not available
Characteristics
Domains:
Numeracy
Specific Context:
General
Validation Sample Age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration:
Face-to-face, Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
3
Validation Sample Size:
2053
Numeracy Understanding in Medicine Instrument (Short version) - S-NUMi
Available online
Characteristics
Domains:
Numeracy
Specific Context:
Validation Sample Age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration:
Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
8
Validation Sample Size:
99
Heart Failture-Specific Health Literacy Scale - HF-specific HL scale
Measure not available
Characteristics
Domains:
Information seeking: Document
Specific Context:
Heart Failure
Validation Sample Age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration:
Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
12
Validation Sample Size:
191
Cancer Message Literacy Test-Listening - CMLT-Listening
Available online
Characteristics
Domains:
Communication: Listener, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context:
Cancer
Validation Sample Age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration:
Computer-based
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
48
Validation Sample Size:
1074
Health Literacy Assessment Scale for Adolescents - HAS-A
Available online
Characteristics
Domains:
Information seeking: Document
Specific Context:
General
Validation Sample Age:
Adolescents: 10 to 17 years
Modes of Administration:
Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
15
Validation Sample Size:
Comprehensive Health Activities Scale - CHAS
Contact author for availability
Characteristics
Domains:
Comprehension, Information seeking: Document, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context:
General
Validation Sample Age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of Administration:
Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
45
Validation Sample Size:
832
Brief Health Literacy Screener (Chew Items Spanish) - Chew Items Spanish
Available online
Characteristics
Domains:
Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context:
General
Validation Sample Age:
Adolescents: 10 to 17 years, Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration:
Face-to-face, Phone-based
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
3
Validation Sample Size:
296