Use of the English Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) with Health Science University Students in Nepal: A Validity Testing Study
Research evidence shows that health literacy development is a key factor influencing non-communicable diseases care and patient outcomes. Healthcare professionals with strong health literacy skills are essential for providing quality care. We aimed to report the validation testing of the Health Lite...
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Veröffentlicht in: | International journal of environmental research and public health 2022-03, Vol.19 (6), p.3241 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Research evidence shows that health literacy development is a key factor influencing non-communicable diseases care and patient outcomes. Healthcare professionals with strong health literacy skills are essential for providing quality care. We aimed to report the validation testing of the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) among health professional students in Nepal. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 419 health sciences students using the HLQ in Nepal. Validation testing and reporting were conducted using five sources outlined by 'the 2014 Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing'. The average difficulty was lowest (17.4%) for Scale
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, and highest (51.9%) for Scale
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. One factor Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) model showed a good fit for Scale
, Scale
and Scale
and a reasonable fit for Scale
and Scale
. The restricted nine-factor CFA model showed a satisfactory level of fit. The use of HLQ is seen to be meaningful in Nepal and warrants translation into native Nepali and other dominant local languages with careful consideration of cultural appropriateness using cognitive interviews. |
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ISSN: | 1660-4601 1661-7827 1660-4601 |
DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph19063241 |