Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Organizational Health Literacy
Specific context:
Organizational Health Literacy
Validation sample population age:
Adolescents: 10 to 17 years, Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of administration in validation study
:
Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of items:
30
Sample size in validation study:
697
Language of validated version:
Mandarin
Main article reference
Corresponding author
Yingge Tong
Description
Tool to evaluate the Health Literacy Environment (HLE) of hospitals from the patient perspective.
Year Measure first Published: 2023
About This Measure
Reliability: Test-retest correlation:
Intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) = 0.844
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
China
Content validity:
16 experts majoring in a variety of fields () rated the relevance of each item on a four-point Likert scale, with 1 indicating "not relevant" and 4 indicating "very relevant." Measured Item-content Validity Index (I-CVI) and Scale-content Validity Index (S-CVI). I-CVI of each item ranged from 0.91 to 1.00. S-CVI of total scale calculated as 0.90.
Criterion validity:
Criterion validity not evaluated as there is no "gold standard" scale of HLE evaluated from patient's perspectives to compare this measure to.
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha):
0.96
Reliability notes:
Cronbach's Alpha of the measure's three dimensions (interpersonal, clinical, and structural) were 0.892, 0.915, and 0.923, respectively.
