Krishnamurthy Soundariya, Deepika Velusami
Incorporating ABC in physiology education: Active learning, blended learning and curricular changes
The National medical journal of India
health numeracy defined ability understand use numeric information quantitative concepts context health authors previously reported development numeracy understanding medicine instrument numi 20item test developed using item response theory authors report development validation short form numi item statistics used identify subset 8 items representing range difficulty content areas internal reliability evaluated cronbachs alpha divergent convergent validity assessed comparing scores snumi existing measures education print numeric health literacy mathematic achievement cognitive reasoning original numi 8item scale adequate reliability 72 strongly correlated 20item numi 92 snumi scores strongly correlated lipkus expanded health numeracy scale 62 wide range achievement testmathematics 72 wonderlic cognitive ability test 76 moderate correlation found education level 58 print literacy measured test functional health literacy adults 49 results show short form numi reliable valid measure health numeracy feasible use clinical research settings