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Short form health literacy survey questionnaire

Characteristics

Domains assessed: Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Information seeking: Document, Conceptual Knowledge, Comprehension, Communication: Speaker, Communication: Listener, Appraisal, Application/function
Specific context: General
Validation sample population age: Older Adults: 65+ years, Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil, Face-to-face, Computer-based

Psychometrics

Number of items: 11
Sample size in validation study: 10024
Language of validated version: English

Main article reference

Duong, T. V., Aringazina, A., Baisunova, G., Nurjanah, N., Pham, T. V., Pham, K. M., Truong, T. Q., Nguyen, K. T., Oo, W. M., Su, T. T., Abdul Majid, H., Sørensen, K., Lin, I.-F., Chang, Y., Yang, S. H., & Chang, P. W. S. (2019, Apr 10). Development and validation of a new short-form health literacy instrument (HLS-SF12) for the general public in six Asian countries. HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice, 3(2), e91-e102. https://doi.org/10.3928/24748307-20190225-01

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Corresponding author

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Tuyen V Duong
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Taiwan
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Description

A 12-item short-form HL questionnaire (HLS-SF12) was developed, retaining the conceptual framework of the HLS-EU-Q47 and accounting for the high variance of the full-form. The HLS-SF12 was demonstrated to have adequate psychometric properties, including high reliability, good criterion-related validity, a moderate and high level of item-scale convergent validity, no floor or ceiling effect, and good model-data-fit throughout the populations in six countries (Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Taiwan, and Vietnam).

Year Measure first Published: 2019

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About the Validation of this Measure

Country where validated: Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Taiwan, Vietnam
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha): 0.85
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