Measuring health literacy: A systematic review and bibliometric analysis of instruments from 1993 to 2021.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It has been about 30 years since the first health literacy instrument was developed. This study aimed to review all existing instruments to summarize the current knowledge on the development of existing measurement instruments and their possible translation and validation in other languages different from the original languages.

Methods

The review was conducted using PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar on all published papers on health literacy instrument development and psychometric properties in English biomedical journals from 1993 to the end of 2021.

Results

The findings were summarized and synthesized on several headings, including general instruments, condition specific health literacy instruments (disease & content), population- specif

SUBMITTER: Tavousi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9286266 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature