Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Prose: Pronunciation
Specific context:
Dental Health
Validation sample population age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study:
Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of items:
99
Sample size in validation study:
421
Language of validated version:
Persian
Main article reference
Pakpour, A., Lawson, D., Tadakamadla, S. & Fridlund, B. (2016). Validation of Person rapid estimate of adult literacy in dentistry. Journal of Investigative and Clinical Dentistry, 7(2), 196-206. doi: 10.1111/jicd.12135.
Corresponding author
Description
A Persian translation of the REALD-99 to assess oral health literacy in an Iranian population.
Year Measure first Published: 2014
About This Measure
Categorical scoring:
No
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
Iran
Content validity:
The IREALD-99 was translated into the Persian language, then back translated by native English speakers. The Persian version was then pilot tested among 12 adults to identify any problems with the translation.
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha):
0.98
Reliability notes:
IREALD-99 showed positive correlation with self-rated oral health status (rh=0.31, p
