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Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry-99 (Persian Version) - IREALD-99
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: Dental Health
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 99
Sample size in validation study: 421
Language of Validated Version: Persian
Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Genetics - REAL-G
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Comprehension, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: Genetics
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 64
Sample size in validation study: 203
Language of Validated Version: English
Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Genetics (short form) - REAL-G Short Form
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Comprehension, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: Genetics
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 8
Sample size in validation study: 203
Language of Validated Version: English
Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine - REALM
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 125
Sample size in validation study: 207
Language of Validated Version: English
Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine -Lebanese Version (Arabic) - Ar - REALM-R
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 8
Sample size in validation study: 230
Language of Validated Version: Arabic
Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine and Dentistry - REALM-D
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Comprehension, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: Dental Health
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 84
Sample size in validation study: 200
Language of Validated Version: English
Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine Revised (REALM-R) to the South African context - REALM-R
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: Health Promotion
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 11
Sample size in validation study: 0
Language of Validated Version: Setswana
Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine Short Form - REALM-SF
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: Health Promotion
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 7
Sample size in validation study: 1500
Language of Validated Version: English
Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Vascular Surgery - REAL_VS
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: Surgery
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 75
Sample size in validation study: 152
Language of Validated Version: English
Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Vascular Surgery- Short Version - REAL_VSs
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: Surgery
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 8
Sample size in validation study: 152
Language of Validated Version: English
Short Assessment of Health Literacy for Dutch Patients - SAHL-D
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Comprehension, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 33
Sample size in validation study: 329
Language of Validated Version: Dutch
Short Assessment of Health Literacy for Spanish-Speaking Adults - SAHLSA-50
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Comprehension, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face, Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 50
Sample size in validation study: 403
Language of Validated Version: Spanish
Short Assessment of Health Literacy-Spanish & English (SAHL-S&E) - SAHLE
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face, Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 18
Sample size in validation study: 403
Language of Validated Version: English
Short Assessment of Health Literacy-Spanish & English (SAHL-S&E) - SAHL-S
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Numeracy, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face, Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 18
Sample size in validation study: 403
Language of Validated Version: Spanish
The Short Assessment of Health Literacy for Portuguese-speaking Adults (18 item) - SAHLPA-18
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Comprehension, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: Health Promotion
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 18
Sample size in validation study: 226
Language of Validated Version: Portuguese
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