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Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (German) - Ger-STOFH LA
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Characteristics

Domains: Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Health Promotion
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration: Face-to-face, Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 40
Validation Sample Size: 249
Abbreviated Version of the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults - S-TOFHLA
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Characteristics

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

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 40
Validation Sample Size: 211
Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (Short) - REALM-R
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Characteristics

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

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 8
Validation Sample Size: 157
Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine Short Form - REALM-SF
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Characteristics

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

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 7
Validation Sample Size: 1500
Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine - REALM
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Characteristics

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

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 125
Validation Sample Size: 207
Comprehension of 50 Medical Terms - comprehens
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Characteristics

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

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 50
Validation Sample Size: 125
The Role of Numeracy in Understanding the Benefit of Screening Mammography - Schwartz (1997)
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Characteristics

Domains: Numeracy
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration: Mailed survey, Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 3
Validation Sample Size: 500
Short Assessment of Health Literacy (Spanish & English) - SAHL-S&E (2) - SAHL-S
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Characteristics

Domains: Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Numeracy, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration: Face-to-face, Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 18
Validation Sample Size: 403
Short Assessment of Health Literacy (Spanish & English) - SAHL-S&E - SAHLE
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Characteristics

Domains: Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration: Face-to-face, Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 18
Validation Sample Size: 403
Development and Validation of the Rapid Estimate of Adolescent Literacy in Medicine (REALM-Teen) - REALM-Teen
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Characteristics

Domains: Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: Health Promotion
Validation Sample Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years
Modes of Administration: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 66
Validation Sample Size: 1533
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