期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
卷 67, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2022.1604272
关键词
health literacy; HLS-EU-Q16; Romania; measurement; validation
资金
- Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI) [2PCCDI, PN-III-P1-1.2-PCCDI-2017-0056]
This study aimed to validate the HLS-EU-Q16 questionnaire for the Romanian population and explore the predictors of health literacy in the North-West Region of the country. The results support the reliability and validity of the questionnaire in the Romanian population. Age, gender, education, and self-reported health status were identified as determinants of health literacy.
Objective: Empirical data on health literacy (HL) for Romania is almost inexistent. The present study aimed to validate the HLS-EU-Q16 questionnaire for the Romanian population and explore the predictors of HL in the North-West Region of the country.Methods: A non-experimental, cross-sectional study was conducted between March and November 2019 on a representative, stratified random sample of 1,622 participants from the North-Western Region of Romania. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), Principal component analysis (PCA), Pearson correlations, and Chronbach's Alpha were used to validate the scale. Linear regressions were conducted to assess the determinants of health literacy.Results: Results obtained for the HL scale support its factorial component and reliability, with a Cronbach's alpha of alpha = 0.84. Age, gender, education and self-reported health status were identified as determinants of HL.Conclusion: Study findings indicate that the Romanian version of HLS-EU-Q16 is psychometrically sound and comparable to the original version. These results provide the first validated tool to measure HL in Romanian and the first population level data for Romania.
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