Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Prose: Comprehension, Numeracy
Specific context:
Health Promotion
Validation sample population age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study:
Paper and pencil, Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of items:
40
Sample size in validation study:
137
Administration Time (minutes):
12 minutes
Language of validated version:
French
Main article reference
Connor, M., Mantwill, S., & Schulz, P.J. (2013). Functional health literacy in Switzerland--validation of a German, Italian, and French health literacy test. Patient Educ Couns, 90(1):12-7.
Corresponding author
Melanie Connor
Description
German, Italian, and French version of the Shortened version of the TOFHLA, with 36 comprehension questions and 4 numeric calculations
Year Measure first Published: 2013
About This Measure
Scoring categories:
Possible range: 0-100 (2 points for each numeracy score, 7 points for each comprehension score) with 0-53: inadequate HL, 54-66: marginal HL, and 67-100: adequate HL
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
Switzerland
Content validity:
The original English S-TOFHLA was translated by native speakers of German, Italian, and French into the respective languages following the standard methodologies for questionnaire translation.
