Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Prose: Comprehension
Specific context:
Health Promotion
Validation sample population age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study:
Paper and pencil, Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of items:
40
Sample size in validation study:
148
Administration Time (minutes):
2 minutes
Language of validated version:
English
Main article reference
Rawson, K.A., Gunstad, J., Hughes, J., Spitznagel, M.B., Potter, V., Waechter, D., & Rosneck, J. (2010). The METER: a brief, self-administered measure of health literacy. J Gen Intern Med, 25 (1):67-71.
Corresponding author
Katherine Rawson
Description
Medical word recognition test
Year Measure first Published: 2010
About This Measure
Categorical scoring:
Yes
Scoring categories:
Possible range: 0-40, with 0-20: low HL, 210-34: marginal HL, and 35-40: functional HL
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
United States of America
Content validity:
40 medical words and 40 non-medical words
