Rebecca Morris|Sze?Ee Soh|Keith Hill|Rachelle Buchbinder|Judy Lowthian|Julie Redfern|Christopher Etherton?Beer|Anne-Marie Hill|Richard H. Osborne|Glenn Arendts|Anna Barker
Measurement properties of the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) among older adults who present to the emergency department after a fall: a Rasch analysis
Monash University|Monash University|Curtin University|Monash University|Cabrini Hospital|Monash University|The George Institute for Global Health|University of Sydney|Royal Perth Hospital|University of Western Australia|Curtin University|Deakin University|University of Western Australia|Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research|Monash University
health literacy important concept associated participation preventive health initiatives falls prevention programs comprehensive health literacy measurement tool appropriate population required aim study evaluate measurement properties health literacy questionnaire hlq cohort older adults presented hospital emergency department ed fallolder adults presented ed fall health literacy assessed using hlq n 433 data collected part multicentre randomised controlled trial falls prevention program measurement properties hlq assessed using rasch analysisall nine scales hlq unidimensional good internal consistency reliability item bias found items 43 44 degree overall misfit rasch model evident six nine hlq scales majority misfit indicated content overlap items compromise measurement measurement gap identified cohort mid high hlq scorethe hlq demonstrated good measurement properties cohort older adults presented ed fall summation hlq items within scale providing unbiased information nine separate areas health literacy supported clinicians researchers policy makers may confidence using hlq scale scores gain information health literacy older people presenting ed fallthis study registered australian new zealand clinical trials registry number actrn12614000336684 27 march 2014