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Three-item Brief Health Literacy Screen

Characteristics

Domains assessed: Application/function
Specific context: Kidney Disease
Validation sample population age: Older Adults: 65+ years, Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil, Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of items: 3
Sample size in validation study: 150
Administration Time (minutes): 1 minutes
Language of validated version: English

Main article reference

Cavanaugh, K.L., Osborn, C.Y., Tentori, F., Rothman, R.L., Ikizler, T.A., & Wallston, K.A. (2015). Performance of a Brief Survey to Assess Health Literacy in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis, Clinical Kidney Journal, 8(4):462-468.

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Corresponding author

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Kerri Cavanaugh
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Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States of America
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Description

To determine the validity of the BHLS as applied in chronic hemodialysis patients. This is the same measure as described in previous studies derived from the Chew et al. parent survey.

Year Measure first Published: 2015

About This Measure

Categorical scoring: No

About the Validation of this Measure

Country where validated: United States of America
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha): 0.72
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