Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Communication: Listener, Communication: Speaker, Comprehension
Specific context:
General
Validation sample population age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study
:
Face-to-face
Time Cut-off:
0 minutes
Assessment:
Objective
Psychometrics
Number of items:
170
Sample size in validation study:
170
Language of validated version:
Hindi
Main article reference
Vyas, S., Nagarajappa, S., Dasar, P. L., & Mishra, P. (2016). Linguistic adaptation and psychometric evaluation of original Oral Health Literacy-Adult Questionnaire (OHL-AQ). Journal of advances in medical education & professionalism, 4(4), 163-169.
Link to articleCorresponding author
Shaleen Vyas
Description
A linguistically adapted oral health literacy tool to assess oral health literacy among local Hindi Speakers.
Year Measure first Published: 2016
About This Measure
Categorical scoring:
Yes
Scoring categories:
"High knowledge 1.00 (ref.) Moderate knowledge 1.52 (0.55 - 4.47) Low Knowledge: 0.56 (0.17- 1.87)"
Reliability: Test-retest correlation:
ICC=0.93, CI=0.88-0.96 indicating highly reliable translated scale (p<0.001)
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
India
Content validity:
Content validity was undertaken to ascertain whether the content was appropriate and relevant. Complete ranges of attributes under the study were subjected to appointed expert panel to assess all intrinsic aspects of the questionnaire. The panel analyzed the stability of the questionnaire despite cultural or linguistic re-framing.'
Criterion validity:
Criterion validity was assessed through concurrent validity by examining the correlation between self-reported oral health and oral health literacy levels.
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha):
0.7
