Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Application/function, Appraisal, Comprehension
Specific context:
Diabetes
Validation sample population age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Assessment:
Self-reported
Psychometrics
Number of items:
32
Sample size in validation study:
221
Language of validated version:
Mandarin
Main article reference
Ma R, Yu X, Zhang L, Hu Z, Zhang Y, Luo Q, Huang J, Li C, Li J. Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Validation of a Diabetes-Specific Health Literacy Scale in Mainland China. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2026;20:586903 https://doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S586903
Corresponding author
Jing Li
Description
A 34 item scale for assessing diabetes health literacy covering four domains: remembering, understanding, applying, and analyzing.
Year Measure first Published: 2026
About This Measure
Reliability: Test-retest correlation:
82%
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
China
Content validity:
A two round content validation process was conducted using a Delphi panel with experts in medicine, nursing, public health, and psychology (17 experts in round one and 10 in round two).
Criterion validity:
Criterion validity was evaluated by comparing M-CHLSD to 3 clinical benchmarks: (1) Chinese Health Literacy Scale scores, (2) fasting plasma glucose (FPG) levels, and (3) 2-hour postprandial glucose (2-h PG) levels.
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha):
0.884
