Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Prose: Pronunciation, Numeracy, Information seeking: Document
Specific context:
Diabetes
Validation sample population age:
Older Adults: 65+ years, Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study:
Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of items:
58
Sample size in validation study:
500
Administration Time (minutes):
24 minutes
Language of validated version:
Korean
Main article reference
Kang, S.J., Sim, K.H., Song, B.R., Park, J.E., Chang, S.J., Park, C., Lee, M.S. (2018). Validation of the health ltieracy scale for diabetes as a criterion-referenced test with standard setting procedures. Patient Education and Counseling, 101(8), 1468-1476. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2018.03.013.
Corresponding author
Soo Jin Kang
Description
A tool to assess health literacy levels in diabetes patients.
Year Measure first Published: 2018
About This Measure
Categorical scoring:
Yes
Scoring categories:
Diabetes related words section: 11 and below=inadequate health literacy, 12 and above indicates adequate health literacy. Numeracy/utilization section: 17 and below indicates marginal health literacy, 18 and above indicates adequate health literacy.
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
South Korea
Content validity:
The instrument was developed through literature reviews and interviews with experts. An initial pool of 299 items underwent pilot testing. Following item deletion and adaptation, a 65 item questionnaire was included in the validation survey. Following the survey, 7 items were deleted to produce the final 58 item tool.
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha):
0.83
Reliability notes:
Cronbach's alpha for the overall scale was 0.83, for the numeracy and information utilization scale 0.83, and for the diabetes related words scale 0.92.
