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. 2020 Jul-Aug;34(4):399-402.
doi: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2018.08.006. Epub 2018 Nov 22.

[Health literacy: psychometric behaviour of the HLS-EU-Q16 questionnaire]

[Article in Spanish]
Andreu Nolasco  1 , Carmen Barona  2 , Nayara Tamayo-Fonseca  3 , María Ángeles Irles  4 , Rosa Más  5 , José Tuells  6 , Pamela Pereyra-Zamora  3
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[Health literacy: psychometric behaviour of the HLS-EU-Q16 questionnaire]

[Article in Spanish]
Andreu Nolasco et al. Gac Sanit. 2020 Jul-Aug.
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Abstract

Objective: To describe the psychometric properties and the level of understanding of the health literacy questionnaire HLS-EU-Q16 in Spanish, implemented in the Health Survey of the Valencian Region (Spain) of 2016.

Method: Descriptive cross-sectional study to describe understanding, reliability, structure and internal consistency of the questionnaire on a sample of 5485 subjects, aged 15 or over, who participated in the survey.

Results: The percentages of understanding without much difficulty were high. Reliability was high (intraclass correlation coefficient:.923; kappa:.814). The factorial analysis suggested a unifactorial structure (79.1% of variability explained by the common factor), with high factorial loads. The consistency was high (Cronbach's alpha: 0.982).

Conclusions: The HLS-EU-Q16 in Spanish is a short, adequate and valid instrument to measure the level of health literacy in the population.

Keywords: Alfabetización en salud; Encuestas de salud; España; Health literacy; Health status indicators; Indicadores de salud; Sanitary surveys; Spain; Validación de cuestionarios; Validity of tests.

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