Rapid Estimate of Adolescent Literacy in Medicine Short Form
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Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Communication: Speaker, Numeracy, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific context:
General
Validation sample population age:
Adolescents: 10 to 17 years
Modes of administration in validation study
:
Face-to-face
Time Cut-off:
4 minutes
Assessment:
Objective
Psychometrics
Number of items:
10
Sample size in validation study:
665
Administration Time (minutes):
4 minutes
Language of validated version:
English
Main article reference
Manganello JA, Colvin KF, Chisolm DJ, et al. Validation of the Rapid Estimate for Adolescent Literacy in Medicine Short Form (REALM-TeenS). Pedatrics. 2017
Link to articleCorresponding author
Jennifer Manganello
Description
Tool to measure health literacy in adolescents in a variety of settings.
Year Measure first Published: 2017
About This Measure
Categorical scoring:
Yes
Scoring categories:
Dictionary pronunciation is the scoring standard. Examiner counts a word as correct if the word was pronounced correctly
Modern Approach for Tool Development:
Yes
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
United States of America
Content validity:
The tool was created by drawing a sample of items from the existing 66-item REALM-Teen. IRT and DIF were conducted to determine the suitability of the shortened version. The shortened, 10-item version was then piloted among a sample of teens that had also completed the REALM-Teen to ensure correlation between the two versions.
Criterion validity:
The create REALM-TeenS, an IRT analysis was conducted by using IRTPRO. Item parameters from the IRT analysis describe how much information each item provides and the relative position of each item according to the easiness or difficulty of the item
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha):
0.82
