Concurrent validation of two key health literacy instruments in a South Eastern European population.
Background: Public health practice has come to increasing recognition of health promotion and the central role of knowledge, attitude, beliefs and practices in achieving health promotion. Health literacy (HL) is an under-explored topic in South Eastern European countries. There are no HL reports fro...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Public Health Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 482 - 488 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jun2015
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=108935775&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 108935775 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 11011262 BHW jtl: European Journal of Public Health issn: 11011262 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2015 vid: 25 iid: 3 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 108935775 108935775 108935775 10.1093/eurpub/cku190 108935775 ppf: 482 ppct: 6 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Concurrent validation of two key health literacy instruments in a South Eastern European population. aug: au: Toci, Ervin Burazeri, Genc Sørensen, Kristine Kamberi, Haxhi Brand, Helmut affil: Department of International Health, School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands sug: subj: Concurrent Validity Health Knowledge Instrument Validation Albania Information Literacy Human Male Female Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis Software Albania Internal Consistency Test-Retest Reliability Educational Status Age Factors Body Mass Index Socioeconomic Factors Adult Middle Age Aged Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient Questionnaires Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Male Female ab: Background: Public health practice has come to increasing recognition of health promotion and the central role of knowledge, attitude, beliefs and practices in achieving health promotion. Health literacy (HL) is an under-explored topic in South Eastern European countries. There are no HL reports from Albania to date. The aim of this study was to assess the concurrent validity of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q) and the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (TOFHLA) in a population-based sample of adults in Albania. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013 in Tirana, Albania, including 239 individuals aged ≥18 years (61% women; 87% response). A structured interviewer-administered questionnaire was applied twice (test and retest procedure after 2 weeks) including HLS-EU-Q and TOFHLA instruments. Results: The internal consistency was high for both instruments (Cronbach's alpha for the test procedure was 0.92 for TOFHLA and 0.98 for HLS-EU-Q). Both tools exhibited a high stability over time (Spearman's rho: 0.88 for TOFHLA and 0.87 for HLS-EU). Mean values of both instruments were similar in men and women (mean score for TOFHLA: 76.0 vs. 76.5, P = 0.83; mean score for HLS-EU-Q: 32.2 vs. 32.6, P = 0.63). For both instruments, higher HL scores were significantly associated with younger age, higher educational and economic level and lower body mass index. Conclusions: Our study provides valuable novel evidence on concurrent validation of two major HL instruments in a South Eastern European populationbased sample. Future studies should be conducted in order to confirm and expand our findings. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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