Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Prose: Comprehension, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific context:
Dental Health
Validation sample population age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study
:
Face-to-face
Assessment:
Objective
Psychometrics
Number of items:
84
Sample size in validation study:
200
Language of validated version:
English
Main article reference
Atchison, K.A.,Gironda, M.W., Messadi, D., & Der-Martirosian, C. (2010). Screening for oral health literacy in an urban dental clinic. J Pub Health Dent, 70:269-275.
Link to articleCorresponding author
Kathryn Atchison
Description
To assess adults' ability to read common medical and dental words
Year Measure first Published: 2010
About This Measure
Measure style:
REALM Family
Categorical scoring:
Yes
Scoring categories:
Words pronounced correctly received a score of 1, and mispronounced or not attempted words received a score of 0.
Reliability: Test-retest correlation:
high correlation found between initial and follow-up total scores (r= 0.95) as well as between each list (L1=0.93, L2=0.95,L3=0.87)
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
United States of America
Content validity:
Used the REALM as a starting point and added additional dental/medical terminology per a convenience sample of dental students and patients
Criterion validity:
Assessed in terms of correlation with the 66-item REALM (r=0.99) and 2 single-item indicators of health literacy:1) how often the participant needed help reading medical forms; 2) how confident the patient was in filling out medical forms, and patient sociodemographics.
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha):
0.958
Reliability notes:
Each of the 3 lists also showed good reliability with Cronbach's alpha scores: 0.900, 0.915, and 0.893, respectively
