Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Information seeking: Document, Comprehension, Communication: Speaker, Communication: Listener, Appraisal, Application/function
Specific context:
Diabetes
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:
459
Language of validated version:
Korean
Main article reference
Lee, E., & Lee, Y. W. (2017). First order vs. second-order structural validity of the Health Literacy Scle in patients with daibetes. Scandanavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 32(1), 441-447. doi:10.1111/scs,12460
Corresponding author
Eun-Hyun Lee
Description
Tool to Measure Health Literacy Scale (HLS) in Korean patients with diabetes.
Year Measure first Published: 2017
About This Measure
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
South Korea
Content validity:
The development of the tool included rigorous translation and back‐translation technique from the original Japanese version of the HLS. Two bilingual laypersons were independently involved in each translation, and there was an expert panel that discussed any discrepancies between the versions
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha):
0.9
Reliability notes:
Functional = 0.92, communicative = 0.86, critical = 0.90 .
Cronbach's alpha for the internal consistency reliability of the HLS‐K in the present study was 0.90, which is higher than the values of 0.78 and 0.81 found for the Japanese version 5, 8, and of 0.77 for the German version 10. However, the Cronbach's alpha values for all languages versions satisfied the normal criterion of 0.70, which suggests that the HLS exhibits internal consistency reliability across languages.
