Eastern-Middle Eastern- Adult- Health Literacy 13 Point Questionnaire
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Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Comprehension
Specific context:
General
Validation sample population age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study:
Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of items:
13
Sample size in validation study:
900
Administration Time (minutes):
11 minutes
Language of validated version:
English
Main article reference
Nair, S. C., Satish, K. P., Sreedharan, J., & Ibrahim, H. (2016). Assessing health literacy in the Eastern and middle-eastern cultures. BMC Public Health, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3488-9
Corresponding author
Satish Nair
Description
Tool designed to effectively measure health litearcy levels of patients in Eastern and Middle Eastern cultures.
Year Measure first Published: 2016
About This Measure
Categorical scoring:
Yes
Scoring categories:
1-26 inadequate 27-39 marginal 40-65 adequate
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
India, United Arab Emirates
Content validity:
A three-stage methodology was used in developing this questionnaire. First, a literature review was performed and Expert panel was conducted. Then the questionnaire was revised after a focus group. A Delphi technique was used to reach a consensus among the panel members.
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha):
0.85
