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Arthritis-Adapted Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine

Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Pronunciation
Specific context: Arthritis
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of items: 66
Sample size in validation study: 194
Administration Time (minutes): 2 minutes
Language of validated version: English

Main article reference

Swearingen, C.J., McCollum, L., Daltroy, L.H., Pincus, T., DeWalt, D.A., & Davis, T.C. (2010). Screening for low literacy in a rheumatology setting: more than 10% of patients cannot read "cartilage," "diagnosis," "rheumatologist," or "symptom". J Clin Rheumatol, 16(8):359-64.

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Corresponding author

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Christopher Swearingen
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Division of Rheumatology, New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases, 301 E 17th St, Room 1608, New York, NY, United States of America
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Description

Arthritis adapted word recognition test listed in descending levels of difficulty

Year Measure first Published: 2010

About This Measure

Categorical scoring: Yes
Scoring categories: Possible range: 0-66 0-18: ≤ 3rd grade 19-44: 4th-6th grade Low 45-60: 7th-8th grade Literacy 61-66: ≥ 9th grade

About the Validation of this Measure

Country where validated: United States of America
Content validity: The A-REALM is modeled after the REALM.
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