María José Monsalves|Jaime Mañalich|Eduardo R. Fuentes
Validación del test Short Assessment of Health Literacy for Spanish-speaking Adults en Chile, para medir alfabetización en salud
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
health literacy defined degree individuals obtain process understand basic health information services necessary make appropriate decisions health evidence shown level health literacy critical prognosis chronic diseases short assessment health literacy spanishspeaking adults sahlsa50 short simple health literacy adult assessmentto determine validity reliability indicators sahlsa50 chilean adultsthe survey applied 84 older adults living high low income neighborhoodsthe survey adequate construct validity reliability comparative fit index 093 tuckerlewis index 0927 root mean square error approximation 0044 close fit statistically significant p 0828 reliability estimated krichardson reported good outcome 09255 despite good global indicators obtained necessary pay attention items would fail explain health literacy construct beyond parameters difficulty discrimination proposed authors testwe propose test useful tool assess health literacy adult population chile use incorporation local research especially recommended areas education health promotion