Mohammad Reza Miri|Hakimeh Malaki Moghadam|Hedieh Eftekhari|Azam Yousefi|Ensiyeh Norozi
Developing and Validating the Functional, Communicative, and Critical Health Literacy Questionnaire among the Iranian General Population
Birjand University of Medical Sciences|Birjand University of Medical Sciences|University of Birjand|University of Birjand|Birjand University of Medical Sciences
many scales developed assess health literacy scales developed extensively clinical populations developed countries study describes process development validation health literacy questionnaire measure health literacy general iranian populationwe followed scale development process outlined schwab 1980 comprehensive review research published nutbeams definition health literacy measurement two focus groups considered generate pool items assessed face validity content validity items final version questionnaire subject independent exploratory confirmatory factor analysis internal consistency questionnaire evaluated using cronbachs alpha finally construct validity assessed using bivariate analysis total scores scale theoretically relevant variablesthe results exploratory factor analysis revealed threefactor 14item structure scale confirmatory factor analysis provided good statistical conceptual fit data analysis internal consistency scale satisfactory 0798 health literacy significantly associated participants age educational level selfrated household income smoking history selfrated health selfrated health literacythe results obtained indicate newly constructed health literacy tool highly valid reliable prospective studies required evaluate predictive validity scale regard health outcomes