Vijaya Ramanathan, Punita Pushpanathan, Trupti Bodhare, Samir Bele
Perceptions on Medical Professionalism Among Future Healthcare Professionals: A Mixed Method Study
Cureus
health literacy refers competencies individuals general population navigate areas health care making health decisions health professionals need set skills information adapt peoples health literacy succeed crucial determine health literacy level population case portuguese study aims measure psychometric properties portuguese version hlseuq16 hlseuq6 long form hlseuq47 already validated portugal analyse results comparison made hlseupt index spearman correlation analysis performed single items scale scores cronbachs alphas indexes calculated statistical analysis spss version 280 used cronbachs alpha coefficient hlseuptq16 internal consistency 089 overall hlseuptq6 078 overall indexes normally distributed spearman correlation computed correlation g hl47 g hl16 indexes 095 p 0001 g hl6 hlseuptq6 perfect hlseuptq16 hlseuptq6 concise present adequate psychometric properties measure hl level portuguese population however similarities found 47item 16item forms