Yiwei Huang|Ting?Ting Ruan|Qiaoyun Yi|Tingting Wang|Zhiqi Guo
The health literacy questionnaire among the aged in Changsha, China: confirmatory factor analysis
Central South University|Central South University|Central South University|Central South University|Central South University
health literacy defined cognitive social skills determine motivation ability individuals gain access understand use information ways promote maintain good health health literacy questionnaire hlq toolkit good reliability validity accordingly study administered hlq among older adults china examine factor structure reliability homogeneity discriminant validity use understanding better health literacy older adults determining corresponding measurespsychometric properties examined based data collected via facetoface interviews n 343 tests included difficulty level composite scale reliability confirmatory factor analysis cfa bayesian structural equation modeling bsemthe easiest scale obtain high score social support health hardest navigating health care system appraisal health information two onefactor models fitted well correlated residuals allowed model modification cfa fit statistics seven scales good hlq scales found homogenous composite reliability ranging 074 085 ninefactor bayesian structural equation model fitted data well posteriorpredictivep value 0670 95 confidence interval difference observed replicated chisquare values 163320 102750the chinese version hlq strong construct content validity high composite reliability applied older adults changsha city china therefore ninescale hlq administered chinese older adults thereby providing powerful approach understanding multidimensional area health literacy