Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Prose: Comprehension
Specific context:
Cancer
Validation sample population age:
Older Adults: 65+ years, Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study:
Computer-based
Psychometrics
Number of items:
46
Sample size in validation study:
297
Language of validated version:
English
Main article reference
Yuen, E., Knight, T., Dodson, S., Chirgwin, J., Busija, L., Ricciardelli, L., Burney, S., Parente, P., & Livingston, P. (2017). Measuring cancer caregiver health literacy: Validation of the Health Literacy of Caregivers Scale-Cancer (HLCS-C) in an Australian population. Health and Social Care in the Community, 26(3): 330-344. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12524
Corresponding author
Eva Yuen
Description
Validation of a tool to measure health literacy among cancer patients' caregivers.
Year Measure first Published: 2017
About This Measure
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
Australia
Content validity:
The HLCS-C was based on the conceptual model of cancer caregiver health literacy created by Yuen et al in 2016. This model was formed through focus groups with caregivers, cancer patients, and oncology health care providers. The development of the scale focused on content validity to ensure that themes covered in the items were maximally applicable to caregivers' lived experiences.
Reliability notes:
Internal consistency reliability was calculated using Raykov's composite reliability index. The reduced item measure (containing 46 items) demonstrated adequate reliability (range: 0.78-0.92; median: 0.86).
