Chiara Lorini|Francesca Santomauro|Maddalena Grazzini|Sarah Mantwill|Virginia Vettori|Vieri Lastrucci|Angela Bechini|Sara Boccalini|Alessandro Bussotti|Guglielmo Bonaccorsi
Health literacy in Italy: a cross-sectional study protocol to assess the health literacy level in a population-based sample, and to validate health literacy measures in the Italian language
University of Florence|University of Florence|University of Florence|University of Lucerne|University of Florence|University of Florence|University of Florence|University of Florence|Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi|University of Florence
health literacy hl concerns knowledge competences necessary people meet complex health demands aims study assess level hl sample using italian version newest vital sign association hl selected antecedents health outcomes develop validate italian version three brief health literacy screeners two subjective numeracy items short form shortshort form european health literacy survey questionnairethe study adopts crosssectional design conducted florence information collected telephone interviews populationbased sample randomly selected using registries eight general practitioners gps based power calculation 480 subjects included participants randomly offered two different questionnaires containing different hl measures data sociodemographics important antecedents consequences hl collected distribution hl levels calculated mediating role hl assessed using preacher hayes model assess concurrent validity hl scales correlation receiver operating characteristic analyses performedthe study protocol approved ethics committee area vasta centro results disseminated via scientific journals conference presentations individual data made available gps