Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Communication: Speaker, Communication: Listener
Specific context:
General
Validation sample population age:
Older Adults: 65+ years, Adults: 18 to 64 years, Adolescents: 10 to 17 years
Modes of administration in validation study:
Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of items:
47
Sample size in validation study:
1845
Language of validated version:
Kazakh
Main article reference
Duong, TV.., Aringazina, A., Baisunova, G., Nurjanah, Pham, T.V., Pham, K.M., et al. (2017). Measuring health literacy in Asia: Validation of the HLS-EU-Q47 survey tool in six Asian countries. Journal of Epidemiology, 27(2): 80–86. doi: 10.1016/j.je.2016.09.005
Corresponding author
Tuyen Duong
Description
A comprehensive health literacy tool in the Kazakh language.
Year Measure first Published: 2017
About This Measure
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
Kazakhstan
Content validity:
The original English HLS-EU-Q47 was translated to Kazakh using forward-backward translation. Cultural perspectives were taken into account during the translation process. Next, the measure was pre-tested by research partners in Kazakhstan.
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha):
0.97
Reliability notes:
Split-half Spearman-Brown coefficient=0.92
