Development and Validation of the HL6: a Brief, Technology-Based Remote Measure of Health Literacy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most health literacy measures require in-person administration or rely upon self-report.

Objective

We sought to develop and test the feasibility of a brief, objective health literacy measure that could be deployed via text messaging or online survey.

Design

Participants were recruited from ongoing NIH studies to complete a phone interview and online survey to test candidate items. Psychometric analyses included parallel analysis for dimensionality and item response theory. After 9 months, participants were randomized to receive the final instrument via text messaging or online survey.

Participants

Three hundred six English and Spanish-speaking adults with ≥ 1 chronic condition MAIN MEASURES: Thirty-three candidate items for the new measure and patien

SUBMITTER: Bailey SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9311340 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature