Filter Measures
Taiwan Health Literacy Scale Short Form - THLS Short Form
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Health Promotion
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 15
Sample size in validation study: 839
Language of Validated Version: Taiwanese
Test of Functional Health Literacy for Adults (Spanish version) - TOFHLA-SPR
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Information seeking: Document, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
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: 67
Sample size in validation study: 203
Language of Validated Version: Spanish
Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults - Serbian - Serb-TOFHLA
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 67
Sample size in validation study: 120
Language of Validated Version: Serbian
The Cancer Literacy Score - CLS
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Cancer
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years, Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 63
Sample size in validation study: 639
Language of Validated Version: Italian
The Role of Numeracy in Understanding the Benefit of Screening Mammography - Schwartz (1997)
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Numeracy
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Mailed survey, Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 3
Sample size in validation study: 500
Language of Validated Version: English
Three- Factor Structure of the eHealth Literacy Scale Among MRI and CT Outpatients - eHEALS
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Comprehension
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of administration in validation study: Computer-based, Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 8
Sample size in validation study: 256
Language of Validated Version: English
Three-item Brief Health Literacy Screen - BHLS
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Application/function
Specific Context: Kidney Disease
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: 3
Sample size in validation study: 150
Language of Validated Version: English
Water Environmental Literacy Level Scale - WELLS
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Conceptual Knowledge
Specific Context: Environmental Health
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Computer-based, Mailed survey, Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 6
Sample size in validation study: 869
Language of Validated Version: English
Weight Literacy Scale in English and Spanish - weightlite
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Comprehension, Conceptual Knowledge
Specific Context: Nutrition
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: 31
Sample size in validation study: 200
Language of Validated Version: English
Weight-Specific Health Literacy Instrument - WSHLI
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Information seeking: Document, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: General, Nutrition
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 13
Sample size in validation study: 362
Language of Validated Version: Mandarin