Ali Akbar Haghdoost|Fatemeh Rakhshani|Mohsen Aarabi|Ali Montazeri|Mahmoud Tavousi|Atoosa Solimanian|Fatemeh Sarbandi|Hosein Namdar|Abedin Iranpour
Iranian Health Literacy Questionnaire (IHLQ): An Instrument for Measuring Health Literacy in Iran
Kerman University of Medical Sciences|Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences|Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences|Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research|Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research|Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research|Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research|Ministry of Health and Medical Education|Ministry of Health and Medical Education|Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences|Tehran University of Medical Sciences
promoting health literacy hl considered important goal strategic plans many countries spite necessity access valid reliable native hl instruments number instruments persian language scarce moreover good estimation hl status iranthe aim study provide valid reliable native instrument measure monitor community hl iran also provide estimation hl status two iranian provincesby applying multistage cluster sampling 1080 respondents 540 gender recruited kerman mazandaran provinces iran february june 2014 participate crosssectional study development iranian health literacy questionnaire ihlq initiated comprehensive review literature face content construct validity well reliability determinedinternal consistency testretest reliability icc factors range 071 096 073 086 respectively order construct validity exploratory factor analysis efa kaisermeyerolkin kmo 095 bartletts test result 3017 p 0001 varimax rotation used optimal reduced solution including 36 items seven factors found efa five factors identified readingcomprehension skills individual empowerment communicationdecisionmaking skills social empowerment health knowledgeit concluded ihlq might practical useful tool investigating hl persian language speakers around world since hl dynamic instruments regularly revised studies recommended assess hl application ihlq detect potential imperfections