Development of the health literacy assessment instrument for chronic pain patients: A Delphi study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To develop health literacy assessment instrument for patients with chronic pain.

Design

Qualitative methods based on Delphi technique, assessed against the CREDES checklist.

Methods

A 2-round Delphi method was adopted in this study. The panel consisted of 19 experts.

Results

The health literacy assessment instrument for chronic pain patients was constructed, which contained 3 dimensions (functional health literacy, interactive health literacy and critical health literacy) and 41 items. The positive coefficients of two rounds Delphi were 100.00% and 89.5%, respectively. The authority coefficient of experts was 0.848 and 0.858, respectively. The coordination coefficients of dimension and items were 0.222 and 0.364, respectively.

Conclusions

The health

SUBMITTER: Chen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10006601 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature