Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Comprehension, Conceptual Knowledge
Specific context:
Diabetes
Validation sample population age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study
:
Paper and pencil
Time Cut-off:
7 minutes
Psychometrics
Number of items:
36
Sample size in validation study:
302
Language of validated version:
Turkish
Main article reference
Eyüboğlu, E., Schulz, P.J. (2016). Validation of Turkish health literacy measures, Health Promotion International, 31(2):355–362.
Link to articleCorresponding author
Ezgi Eyüboğlu
Description
A tool to measure functional health literacy in Turkish.
Year Measure first Published: 2015
About This Measure
Categorical scoring:
Yes
Scoring categories:
Inadequate health literacy with scores of 0–16; Marginal health literacy with scores of 17–22; Adequate health literacy with scores of 23–36.
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
Turkey
Content validity:
The development of the tool included forward and back-translation of the tool from the original English version by two different philologists, the translations were analyzed and clarified taking in consideration cultural adaptations.
Criterion validity:
The Chew Screening Index was administered, it included 20 questions about diabetes. The Chew and Turkish S-TOFHLA correlated at a fair and highly significant level of tau = 0.21. The S-TOFHLA measures strongly correlated with age and education than the Chew screening index, while the screening measure appeared to correlate more strongly with income.
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha):
0.97
Reliability notes:
"The Turkish S-TOFHLA showed high internal consistency. A reliability test of all 36 items revealed a high internal consistency (alpha = 0.97), no single item was below 0.968."
