Ansar U Ahmmed, Afsara A Ahmmed, Julie R Bath, Melanie A Ferguson, Christopher J Plack, David R Moore
Assessment of children with suspected auditory processing disorder: a factor analysis study
Ear and hearing
european health literacy survey questionnaire hlseuq47 becoming widely used tool measure health literacy hl including malaysia efforts reduce 47item scale parsimonious short item scales still reflect assumptions requirements conceptual model study used confirmatory factor analysis reduce 47item scale short scale offer feasible hl screening tool sufficient psychometric properties crosssectional survey conducted malaysian population based ethnic distribution ensure short version instrument reflects countrys varied ethnicities survey administered welltrained interviewers working ministry health malaysia total 866 responses obtained data analysed using multifactorial confirmatory factor analysis cfa categorical variables analysis resulted satisfactory 18item model high correlations among 18 items internal consistency reliability robust floorceiling effects results represented equivalence consistency among responses items suggesting items homogenous measuring malaysian health literacy strong convergent discriminant validity model makes proposed 18 items suitable short version health literacy instrument malaysia researchers propose 18item instrument named hlsmq18 short version instrument may used measuring health literacy malaysia achieved robust reliability structural validity construct validity fulfilled goodnessoffit criteria