Ervin Toçi|Genc Burazeri|Kristine Sørensen|Haxhi Kamberi|Helmut Brand
Concurrent validation of two key health literacy instruments in a South Eastern European population
Maastricht University|University of Medicine Tirana|Maastricht University|University of Medicine Tirana|Maastricht University|Maastricht University
public health practice come increasing recognition health promotion central role knowledge attitude beliefs practices achieving health promotion health literacy hl underexplored topic south eastern european countries hl reports albania date aim study assess concurrent validity european health literacy survey questionnaire hlseuq test functional health literacy adults tofhla populationbased sample adults albaniaa crosssectional study conducted 2013 tirana albania including 239 individuals aged 18 years 61 women 87 response structured intervieweradministered questionnaire applied twice test retest procedure 2 weeks including hlseuq tofhla instrumentsthe internal consistency high instruments cronbachs alpha test procedure 092 tofhla 098 hlseuq tools exhibited high stability time spearmans rho 088 tofhla 087 hlseu mean values instruments similar men women mean score tofhla 760 vs 765 p 083 mean score hlseuq 322 vs 326 p 063 instruments higher hl scores significantly associated younger age higher educational economic level lower body mass indexour study provides valuable novel evidence concurrent validation two major hl instruments south eastern european populationbased sample future studies conducted order confirm expand findings