Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Prose: Comprehension, Comprehension
Specific context:
Infectious Disease
Validation sample population age:
Older Adults: 65+ years, Adults: 18 to 64 years, Adolescents: 10 to 17 years
Modes of administration in validation study:
Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of items:
28
Sample size in validation study:
8858
Administration Time (minutes):
20 minutes
Language of validated version:
Mandarin
Main article reference
Tian, X., Di, Z., Cheng, Y., et al. (2016). Study on the development of an infectious disease-specific health literacy scale in the Chinese population. BMJ Open 6(8): e012039. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012039
Corresponding author
Xiangyang Tian
Description
A scale to measure individuals' health literacy related to infectious disease.
Year Measure first Published: 2016
About This Measure
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
China
Content validity:
The instrument was conceptualized using three core principles regarding infectious disease health literacy. Focus groups reviewed these principles and constructed a 6-domain framework for the IDSHL. An expert panel assessed the face validity and accuracy of this framework. Next, two rounds of Delphi surveys were completed, yielding a preliminary item pool of 60 items. These items were subsequently rated by an expert panel and assessed for their content validity index, yielding a final instrument of 50 items. Following population testing, 22 items were removed.
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha):
0.839
Reliability notes:
21 items were eliminated due to low item-total correlation or Cronbach's alpha.
