Xavier Debussche|Victorine Lenclume|Maryvette Balcou-Debussche|Danielle Alakian|Claude Sokolowsky|Delphine Ballet|Gerald R Elsworth|Richard H. Osborne|Laëtitia Huiart
Characterisation of health literacy strengths and weaknesses among people at metabolic and cardiovascular risk: Validity testing of the Health Literacy Questionnaire
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de La Réunion|Inserm|Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de La Réunion|Inserm|Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de la Réunion|Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de la Réunion|Deakin University|Deakin University|University of Copenhagen|Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de La Réunion|Inserm|Economic & Social Sciences, Health Systems & Medical Informatics|Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
health literacy refers ability individuals gain access use understand health information services order maintain good health assessment health literacy profiles population potentially crucial respond health needs health literacy questionnaire explores nine dimensions health literacy shown display robust psychometric properties aim test validity multidimensional health literacy questionnaire describe health literacy profiles french population risk cardiovascular diseasedata collected using selfadministered questionnaires 175 participants attending health education support programmes local associations patients paris analysis included scale reliability confirmatory factor analysis health literacy profiles via descriptive statisticsin confirmatory factor analysis ninefactor structure close original health literacy questionnaire ninefactor confirmatory factor analysis model fitted 44 items crossloadings correlated residuals allowed given restricted nature model fit satisfactory 2wlsmv866 df 138381 p 00000 comparative fit index 0925 tuckerlewis index 0918 root mean square error approximation 0058 weighted root mean square residual 1175 composite reliability ranged 077 091 among 9 scales health literacy questionnaire highest scores found scale 1 feeling understood supported healthcare professionals scale 9 understand health information enough know lowest scale 2 sufficient information manage health scale 7 navigating healthcare systemthe french version health literacy questionnaire shown psychometrically robust good reliability context france 9 scales health literacy questionnaire allow thorough assessment health literacy strengths weaknesses respond health literacy needs improve accessibility health information services