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A New Comprehensive Short-form Health Literacy Survey Tool for Patients in General
Tuyen Van Duong1, Peter WuShou Chang2, Shih-Hsien Yang3
1School of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Environmental Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan; Institutional Research Center, Yuanpei University of Medical Technology, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan.
Asian Nursing Research
|April 9, 2017
Summary
The Health Literacy Short-Form 12 (HL-SF12) questionnaire is a valid tool for assessing patient health literacy in hospitals. This validated instrument helps healthcare providers improve patient understanding and care quality.
Area of Science:
- Health Literacy Research
- Patient Education
- Psychometrics
Background:
- Assessing patient health literacy is crucial for effective healthcare delivery.
- Existing tools may be lengthy or not tailored for specific patient populations.
- The development of a concise and validated health literacy questionnaire is needed.
Purpose of the Study:
- To validate a conceptual short-form health literacy 12-item questionnaire (HL-SF12) in patient populations.
- To assess the psychometric properties of the HL-SF12.
- To compare patient health literacy with the general public.
Main Methods:
- A cross-sectional study involving 403 patients from a community general hospital in Northern Taiwan.
- Health literacy was measured using the validated HL-SF12, derived from the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q).
- Confirmatory factor analysis, internal consistency, and correlation analyses were employed.
Main Results:
- The HL-SF12 demonstrated high internal consistency (Cronbach α=.87) and satisfactory convergent validity.
- Patient health literacy was positively associated with female gender, higher income, and watching health programs.
- Patients showed significantly higher healthcare health literacy than the general public.
Conclusions:
- The HL-SF12 is a valid and user-friendly tool for assessing patient health literacy in hospital settings.
- This questionnaire can aid healthcare providers in enhancing patient health literacy.
- Improved patient health literacy can lead to better healthcare quality.