Functional Communicative Critical Health Literacy
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Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Communication: Speaker
Specific context:
General
Validation sample population age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study:
Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of items:
14
Sample size in validation study:
4040
Language of validated version:
German
Main article reference
Dwinger, S., Kriston, L., Härter, M., & Dirmaier, J. (2015). Translation and Validation of a Multidimensional instrument to assess health literacy, Health Expectations, 18(6):2776-2786.
Corresponding author
Sarah Dwinger
Description
Translation and adaptation of the Functional Communicative Critical Health Literacy questionnaire to German and assessment of the measures psychometric properties.
Year Measure first Published: 2015
About This Measure
Categorical scoring:
No
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
Germany
Content validity:
For both the calibration study (n=3000) and the validation study (n=1040), the original instrument, in Japanese, was translated into English, then translated into German by two independent German native speakers.
Reliability notes:
Overall internal consistency: a=.77, with subscales: Critical HL=.75, Communicative HL=.78, and Functional HL=.80
