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development validation specific health literacy assessment tool older adults basis conducting research health literacy among older adults existing health literacy assessment scale older adults chinese mainland limitations many items poor compliance survey necessary develop introduce simplified assessment tools support largescale surveys future study aims modify brief health literacy assessment scale compiled taiwan scholars conduct test reliability validity measurement equivalence across gender older population mainland china march april 2021 508 older adults jinan shandong province china selected cluster sampling method conduct questionnaire survey using brief health literacy assessment scale healthpromoting lifestyle profile 4 weeks 83 selected retesting spss 250 statistical software used descriptive analysis item analysis exploratory factor analysis correlation analysis reliability test mplus 80 used confirmatory factor analysis gender measurement equivalence test item scale good discrimination significant differences scores item high score low score groups p005 coefficient correlation scores item total score 0721 0891 exploratory factor analysis extracted factor characteristic root greater 1 cumulative variance interpretation amount 6794 confirmatory factor analysis showed single factor structure fit good 2df 2260 tuckerlewis index 0973 comparison fit index cfi 0982 root mean square error approximation rmsea 0071 multigroup confirmatory factor analysis results showed brief health literacy assessment scales configural equivalence weak equivalence strong equivalence models accepted comparison results measurement equivalence models showed changes rmsea less 0015 changes cfi less 001 indicating brief health literacy assessment scale measurement equivalence different gender groups cronbachs coefficient 0945 testretest reliability 0946 correlation coefficient health literacy healthpromotion lifestyles 0557 p005 brief health literacy assessment scale good reliability validity measurement equivalence across gender used effective measurement tool health literacy older people chinese mainland