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:
36
Sample size in validation study:
120
Administration Time (minutes):
7 minutes
Language of validated version:
Serbian
Main article reference
Jović-Vraneš, A.,Bjegović-Mikanović, V., Marinković, J., & Vuković, D.(2014, December) Evaluation of a health literacy screening tool in primary care patients: evidence from Serbia, Health Promot Int, 29(4):601-7. doi: 10.1093/heapro/dat011.
Link to articleCorresponding author
Aleksandra Jović-Vraneš
Description
To evaluate the translated and cross-culturally adapted TOFHLA and STOFHLA in the Serbian language
Year Measure first Published: 2013
About This Measure
Categorical scoring:
Yes
Scoring categories:
Inadequate literacy (0-16), marginal literacy (17-22), and adequaate literacy (23-36)
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
Serbia
Content validity:
Original English version of the TOFHLA (long and short form) was translated into the Serbian language by a multidisciplanary team. The TOFHLA was then adminstered to 10 Serbian primary care patients to verify the Serbian population understood and interpreted the Serbian version of the TOFHLA.
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha):
0.9
