Sarah Mantwill|Peter J. Schulz
Health literacy in Mainland China: Validation of a functional health literacy test in simplified Chinese
Università della Svizzera italiana|Università della Svizzera italiana
health literacy tests chinesespeaking parts world mainly developed traditional chinese used hong kong taiwan far validated tool simplified chinese assess functional health literacy mainland china developed aim study validate simplified chinese version short test functional health literacy adults stofhla traditional chinese version translated simplified chinese 150 interviews outpatient department public hospital mainland china conducted predictive validity assessed known predictors health literacy convergent validity three health literacy screening questions cronbachs reading comprehension part 094 090 numeracy items participants lower education men significantly lower levels health literacy reading comprehension part significantly correlated two health literacy screening questions results indicate simplified chinese version stofhla reliable measure health literacy used mainland china