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Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) - Danish - HLQ - Danish
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: Comprehension
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: 44
Sample size in validation study: 481
Language of Validated Version: Danish
Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) - German - HLQ - German
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: Comprehension, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Health Promotion
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Phone-based
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 44
Sample size in validation study: 1058
Language of Validated Version: German
Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) - Portuguese (Brazil) - HLQ - Portuguese (Brazil)
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: Comprehension, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Health Promotion
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 44
Sample size in validation study: 794
Language of Validated Version: English
Health Literacy Questionnaire Urdu (Australia) version - HLQ-Urdu (Australia)
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: Application/function, Communication: Speaker, Comprehension, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: General, Health Promotion
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of administration in validation study: Computer-based, Phone-based
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 44
Sample size in validation study: 202
Language of Validated Version: Urdu
Health Literacy Scale in Korean - HLS-K
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: Application/function, Appraisal, Communication: Listener, Communication: Speaker, Comprehension, Information seeking: Document
Specific Context: Diabetes
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 14
Sample size in validation study: 459
Language of Validated Version: Korean
Health Literacy Screening Tool for Health Promotion in Brazil - healthlite-1
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: Conceptual Knowledge, Information seeking: Document, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: General, Health Promotion
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: 8
Sample size in validation study: 472
Language of Validated Version: Portuguese
Health Literacy Skills Instrument - HLSI
Measure not available
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Application/function, Information seeking: Document, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Health Promotion
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Computer-based
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 25
Sample size in validation study: 889
Language of Validated Version: English
Health Literacy Skills Instrument- Short Form - HLSI-10
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: Communication: Listener, Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Numeracy
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Computer-based, Face-to-face, Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 10
Sample size in validation study: 889
Language of Validated Version: English
Health Literacy Test for Singapore - HLTS
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: 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: 40
Sample size in validation study: 303
Language of Validated Version: English
Heart Failture-Specific Health Literacy Scale - HF-specific HL scale
Measure not available
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Information seeking: Document
Specific Context: Heart Failure
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 12
Sample size in validation study: 191
Language of Validated Version: Japanese
Hebrew Health Literacy Test - HHLT
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: Prose: Comprehension
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: 12
Sample size in validation study: 119
Language of Validated Version: Hebrew
High Blood Pressure-Health Literacy Scale - HBP-HLS
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: Application/function, Information seeking: Document, Numeracy
Specific Context: Blood Pressure
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 30
Sample size in validation study: 440
Language of Validated Version: English
HIV Literacy Test - HIV-LT
Measure not available
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Information seeking: Document, Numeracy, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: HIV
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: 16
Sample size in validation study: 319
Language of Validated Version: Portuguese
HIV-Related Health Literacy Scale - HIV-HL
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: Communication: Listener, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: HIV
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Computer-based
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 20
Sample size in validation study: 120
Language of Validated Version: English
HLS-Q12 Short Version of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire - HLS-Q12
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: Appraisal, Conceptual Knowledge, Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation
Specific Context: General, Health Literacy
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years, Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil, Phone-based
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 12
Sample size in validation study: 900
Language of Validated Version: Norwegian