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Validation of Turkish health literacy measures.

  • Eyüboğlu E Public Relations and Publicity Department, Maltepe University, Marmara Eğitim Köyü, Maltepe, Istanbul 34857, Turkey ezgieyuboglu@maltepe.edu.tr.
  • Schulz PJ Institute of Communication and Health, Università Della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland.
  • 2015-01-15
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  • Health promotion international. - 2016
S-TOFHLA
health literacy
measurement
validity
Age Factors
Diabetes Mellitus
Educational Status
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Literacy
Humans
Income
Male
Marital Status
Middle Aged
Reproducibility of Results
Sex Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Turkey
English This study aimed to validate a Turkish version of the Short Test of Functional Health Literacy (S-TOFHLA) (Baker et al, Development of a brief test to measure functional health literacy. Patient Educ Counsel 1999; 38: :33-42) and a Turkish version of the Chew self-report scale (Chew et al., Brief questions to identify patients with inadequate health literacy. Family Med, 2004; 36: :588-94) for measuring functional health literacy. The original English version of the S-TOFHLA and the Chew items were translated by applying standardized translation methods and cultural adaptations, and both were administered to a sample of diabetes patients (N = 302) in two diabetes clinics in one of the major cities in Turkey. Self-administered paper-pencil questionnaires were distributed to eligible outpatients who had a clinic appointment. In addition to the S-TOFHLA measurement and the Chew screening questions, gender, age, educational attainment, income, marital status and diabetes knowledge were obtained. The Turkish version of S-TOFHLA showed high internal consistency. Both S-TOFHLA and the Chew screening scale correlated significantly with known predictors of health literacy: age, education and income. The Chew scale was also related weakly but significantly with general diabetes knowledge. It is expected that the Turkish versions of S-TOFHLA and the Chew scale will be used in Turkey as well as in other countries with large Turkish communities.
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