Jessica Y. Lee|Brian D. Stucky|R. Gary Rozier|Shoou Yih D. Lee|Leslie P. Zeldin
<scp>O</scp>ral <scp>H</scp>ealth <scp>L</scp>iteracy <scp>A</scp>ssessment: development of an oral health literacy instrument for <scp>S</scp>panish speakers
University of North Carolina Health Care|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|RAND Corporation|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
abstract objective develop oral health literacy instrument panishspeaking adults evaluate psychometric properties determine comparability e nglish version methods ral h ealth l iteracy ssessment panish ohla e nglish ohla e designed word recognition section comprehension section using multiplechoice format developed expert panel validation ohla ohla e involved comparing instrument health literacy instruments sample 201 panishspeaking 204 e nglishspeaking subjects comparability panish e nglish versions assessed testing differential item functioning dif using item response theory results considered three ohla scoring systems based validity reliability comparisons 24 items retained ohla instrument ohla correlated another health literacy instrument panish est f unctional h ealth l iteracy dults p lt 005 significant correlations also found ohla years schooling oral health knowledge overall health understanding written healthcare materials p lt 005 ohla displayed satisfactory reliability cronbach alpha 070080 dif results suggested ohla ohla e scores comparable given level oral health literacy conclusions ohla acceptable reliability validity ohla ohla e two different measurement tools used compare oral health literacy e nglish panishspeaking populations