Candace J Chow, Meganne N Ferrel, Emily M Graham, Megan L Fix
Perspectives From Students and Faculty on How Women Achieve Leadership Roles in Academic Medicine: An Exploratory Qualitative Study
Cureus
health literacy described domain competence across lifespan gaining particular prominence light ageassociated health restrictions however specific measurement approach proposed old age aim study augment existing hlseuq16 scale 16 items items sensitive agespecific aspects health literacy ensure validity reliability use old age first step hlseuq16 administered sample 463 individuals aged 72 92 years psychometric properties evaluated using confirmatory factor analysis itemresponsetheory item fit statistics scale reliability found poor population segment second step agespecific items developed based qualitative indepth interviews older persons third step tested additional set agespecific items able enhance valid reliable measurement health literacy second sample older adults n 107 49 91 years inclusion eightitem addon possible measure health literacy old old age high validity satisfying precision reliability 080 study contributes populationspecific measurement health literacy