Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Application/function, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific context:
Health Literacy, Nutrition
Validation sample population age:
Adolescents: 10 to 17 years
Modes of administration in validation study
:
Computer-based
Assessment:
Self-reported
Psychometrics
Number of items:
8
Sample size in validation study:
372
Administration Time (minutes):
9 minutes
Language of validated version:
Portuguese
Main article reference
Martins, R., Capitão, C., Feteira-Santos, R., Virgolino, A., & Santos, O. (2024). Psychometric properties of the Functional Literacy Questionnaire among Portuguese adolescents. PloS one, 19(10), e0306802. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306802
Corresponding author
Raquel Martins
Description
8-item self-assessment questionnaire assessing functional health literacy in adolescents; yogurt nutrition label used as the information stimulus
Year Measure first Published: 2024
About This Measure
Categorical scoring:
No
Reliability: Test-retest correlation:
0.82
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
Portugal
Content validity:
Delphi panel with health literacy experts; average content validity index was 0.94
Criterion validity:
Measure compared to NVS-PTeen; assessed by Spearman's correlation coefficient; moderate correlation
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha):
0.7
Reliability notes:
FliQ was re-administered to participants 4 weeks after original test; intraclass Coefficient Correlation was good (0.82)
