Micaela Natalia Campero, Carlos Matías Scavuzzo, Carlos Marcelo Scavuzzo, María Dolores Román
Spatial pattern analysis of the impact of community food environments on foetal macrosomia, preterm births and low birth weight
Geospatial health
background health literacy plays important role determining healthcare medication outcomes lack appropriate validated scale assess health literacy status among hindispeaking population translated validated english version aspects health literacy scale aahls hindi methods translated scale per guidelines translation adaptation instruments preliminary pilot testing 30 bilingual subjects evaluated crosslanguage concordance scale final translated scale obtained crosscultural adaptation tested validation study 130 subjects outpatient department internal medicine testretest repeatability construct validity discriminant validity internal consistency assessed analysis done using paired ttest oneway anova cronbach intraclass correlation coefficient results excellent correlation hindi english versions scale various factors ensured crosslanguage concordance hundred percentage response rate observed validation study scale showed good internal consistency cronbach 099 difference total mean aahls score statistically significant across different age groups genders educational levels factor analysis showed positive correlation among four factorscomponents health literacy testretest reliability intraclass correlation coefficient items different factors significant range 088100 p00001 significant association critical literacy subscores functional r0274 p0002 communicative r0283 p0001 subscores revealed good construct validity conclusion hindi translated version aahls scale valid reliable tool assess health literacy hindispeaking population