Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Prose: Comprehension, Numeracy
Specific context:
General
Validation sample population age:
Adolescents: 10 to 17 years
Modes of administration in validation study:
Paper and pencil, Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of items:
36
Sample size in validation study:
300
Administration Time (minutes):
11 minutes
Language of validated version:
Taiwanese
Main article reference
Chang, L.C., Hsieh, P.L., & Liu, C.H. (2012). Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of short-form Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adolescents. J Clin Nurs, 21:2429-2437.
Corresponding author
Li-Chun Chang
Description
To measure functional health literacy in Chinese adolescents
Year Measure first Published: 2012
About This Measure
Categorical scoring:
No
Scoring categories:
Correct responses scored 1; incorrect responses scored 0.
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
Taiwan
Content validity:
Translated the English version of the s-TOFHLA into Chinese and then back into English per the Brislin (1970) method. Equivalance of meaning between versions was determined and rated by experts. Experts were asked to rate the relevance of the contents independently by using the content validity index (CVI) and rate each sentece on the c-sTOFHLAd based on relevance and semantic equivalence.
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha):
0.85
