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Development and Validation of the Rapid Estimate of Adolescent Literacy in Medicine (REALM-Teen)

Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Pronunciation
Specific context: Health Promotion
Validation sample population age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of items: 66
Sample size in validation study: 1533
Administration Time (minutes): 2 minutes
Language of validated version: English

Main article reference

Davis, T., Wolf, M., Arnold, C., Byrd, R., Long, S., Springer, T., Kennen, E., & Bocchini, J. Development and validation of the rapid estimate of adolescent literacy in medicin (REALM-Teen): A tool to screen adolescents for below grade reading in health care settings.

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Corresponding author

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Terry Davis
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Description

A word recognition test in English that can be used as a brief literacy-screening tool in health care settings

Year Measure first Published: 2006

About This Measure

Categorical scoring: Yes
Scoring categories: 5 categories: score of 0-105 = below 3rd grade, 106-139 = 4th-5th grade, 140-169 = 6th-7th grade, 170-183 = 8th-9th grade, and 184-213 = 10th or above

About the Validation of this Measure

Country where validated: United States of America
Content validity: Words taken from AAP adolescent patient education materials
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha): 0.94
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