Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Newest Vital Sign (NVS) health literacy instrument in general population and highly educated samples of Brazilian adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The present work aimed at cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the health literacy assessment tool Newest Vital Sign (NVS) in general population (GP) and highly educated (HE) samples of Brazilian adults.

Design

An expert committee reviewed the translation and back-translation processes and the cultural adaptation. The construct validity was analysed with confirmatory factor analysis and via associations with features of the study population.

Setting

The final validation test was performed in two different populations from Londrina, a large town in southern Brazil.

Subjects

Brazilian adults: GP (adult clients of community pharmacies; n 189) and HE (public school teachers; n 301).

Results

The tool under validation showed good cross-cultura

SUBMITTER: Rodrigues R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10261308 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature