Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Prose: Comprehension, Conceptual Knowledge
Specific context:
General
Validation sample population age:
Older Adults: 65+ years, Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study:
Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of items:
70
Sample size in validation study:
249
Administration Time (minutes):
3 minutes
Language of validated version:
Portuguese
Main article reference
Paiva, D., Silva, S., Severo, M., Ferreira, P., Santos, O., Lunet, N., & Azevedo, A. (2014). Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the health literacy assessment tool METER in the Portuguese adult population. Patient Educ Couns, 97(2), 269-275. doi:10.1016/j.pec.2014.07.024
Corresponding author
Dagmara Paiva
Description
It is a self-administered instrument that consists of a list of 40 medical words and 30 made-up non-words that intuitively sound like real medical terms. The participants are requested to mark only the words they are sure to be actual words.
Year Measure first Published: 2014
About This Measure
Categorical scoring:
Yes
Scoring categories:
Adequate health literacy: 35 or more correct answers in the words subscale and 18 or more correct answers in the non-words subscale;
Inadequate health literacy: 34 or less correct answers in the words subscale or 17 or less correct answers in the non-words subscale.
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
Portugal
Content validity:
Based on a priori hypothesis that scores were related to health-related occupation and educational attainment.
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha):
0.894
