Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Numeracy, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific context:
General
Validation sample population age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study
:
Face-to-face, Paper and pencil
Time Cut-off:
0 minutes
Assessment:
Objective
Psychometrics
Number of items:
18
Sample size in validation study:
403
Administration Time (minutes):
2 minutes
Language of validated version:
Spanish
Main article reference
Lee, S.Y., Stucky, B.D., Lee, J.Y., Rozier, R.G., & Bender, D.E. (2010, August). Short assessment of health literacy-Spanish and English: a comparable test of health literacy for Spanish and English speakers. Health Serv Res, 45(4):1105-20.
Link to articleCorresponding author
Shoou-Yih Lee
Description
General medical word recognition and matching test, shortened (18 items)
Year Measure first Published: 2010
About This Measure
Categorical scoring:
Yes
Scoring categories:
2 categories: <15 is inadequate
Reliability: Test-retest correlation:
0.80 Spanish; 0.89 English
Modern Approach for Tool Development:
Yes
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
United States of America
Content validity:
Word recognition test: Spanish version of the test to SAHLSA and Spanish TOFHLA
Criterion validity:
Convergent (SAHL-S): SAHLSA r=0.88 and TOFHLA-S r=0.62 English TOFHLA r=0.68 in the English-speaking sample.
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha):
0.9
