Lauren McCormack|Carla Bann|Linda Squiers|Nancy D Berkman|Claudia Squire|Dean Schillinger|Janet Ohene-Frempong|Judith H. Hibbard
Measuring Health Literacy: A Pilot Study of a New Skills-Based Instrument
RTI International
although number instruments used measure health literacy key limitation leading instruments measure reading ability print literacy limited extent numeracy consequently present study aimed develop new instrument measure individuals health literacy using comprehensive skillsbased approach first identified set skills demonstrate tasks perform next selected realworld healthrelated stimuli enable measurement skills developed survey items series cognitive interviews survey items revised developed 38item instrument pilot tested using webbased panel based psychometric properties removed items perform well resulting 25item instrument named health literacy skills instrument based confirmatory factor analysis items grouped five subscales representing prose document quantitative oral internetbased information seeking skills construct validity supported correlations short form test functional health literacy adults selfreported skills overall instrument demonstrated good internal consistency cronbachs alpha 086 additional analyses planned goal creating short form instrument