Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Media Literacy, Information seeking: Document, Conceptual Knowledge, Application/function
Specific context:
General
Validation sample population age:
Older Adults: 65+ years, Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study:
Phone-based, Paper and pencil, Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of items:
16
Sample size in validation study:
107
Administration Time (minutes):
15 minutes
Language of validated version:
Greek
Main article reference
Efthymiou, A., Middleton, N., Charalambous, A., & Papastavrou, E. (2017). The Association of Health Literacy and Electronic Health Literacy With Self-Efficacy, Coping, and Caregiving Perceptions Among Carers of People With Dementia: Research Protocol for a Descriptive Correlational Study. JMIR Research Protocols, 6(11): e221. doi: 10.2196/resprot.8080
Corresponding author
Areti Efthymiou
Description
A tool in the Greek language to measure general health literacy.
Year Measure first Published: 2017
About This Measure
Categorical scoring:
Yes
Scoring categories:
Sufficient health literacy
Problematic health literacy
Inadequate health literacy
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
Greece, Cyprus
Content validity:
An expert panel assessed content and face validity. Exploratory and confirmatory analyses were used to evaluate the metrics of the tool.
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha):
0.77
Reliability notes:
This is a preliminary publication with minimal information on the reliability of the scale. More information reliability will be released in a subsequent publication.
