Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Comprehension, Application/function
Specific context:
Medication
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, Computer-based
Psychometrics
Number of items:
17
Sample size in validation study:
602
Language of validated version:
Taiwanese
Main article reference
Yeh, Y., Lin, H., Chang, E.H., Huang, Y., Chen, Y., Wang, C., Liu, J., Ko, Y. (2017). Development and Validation of a Chinese Medication Literacy Measure, Health Expectations, 20:1296-1301.
Corresponding author
Ying-Chih Yeh
Description
To develop and validate the first Chinese medication literacy measure ChMLM)
Year Measure first Published: 2017
About This Measure
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
Taiwan
Content validity:
Initial list of ChMLM was adapted from a previously validated medication-related instrument by a pharmacist researcher. The first version contained 25 items and was reviewed by a panel of 11 multidisciplinary and bilingual experts and researchers with backgrounds in psychometrics. Most experts were bilingual and were encouraged to modify items. The final version contained 17 items and utilized a Likert scale. Content validity was confirmed by the expert panel.
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha):
0.72
Reliability notes:
Among the seventeen items, fourteen had item-total correlations of 0.40 or higher.
