Leigh Anne Dageforde|Kerri L. Cavanaugh|Derek Moore|Kelly A. Harms|Andrew S. Wright|C. Wright Pinson|Irene D. Feurer
Validation of the Written Administration of the Short Literacy Survey
Vanderbilt University Medical Center|Vanderbilt University Medical Center|Vanderbilt University Medical Center|Vanderbilt University Medical Center|Vanderbilt University Medical Center|Vanderbilt University Medical Center|Vanderbilt University Medical Center
health literacy assessments time consuming administered verbally written selfadministration measures may facilitate widespread assessment health literacy study aimed determine intermethod reliability concurrent validity written administration 3 subjective health literacy questions short literacy survey sls rapid estimate adult literacy medicine realm shortened test functional health literacy adults stofhla reference measures health literacy two hundred ninetynine participants completed written verbal administrations sls june december 2012 intermethod reliability demonstrated written verbal sls score differ b written verbal scores highly correlated written items internally consistent cronbachs 733 written total score successfully identified persons sixthgrade equivalency less literacy realm auroc 0753 inadequate literacy stofhla auroc 0 869 written administration sls reliable valid effective identifying persons limited health literacy