COVID-19 Health Literacy Scale Development

Çevıker, Sevil Alkan; Akkaya, Bülent; Akar, Şebnem Şenol

doi:10.32920/ihtp.v2i1.1509

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“…Highlight the different aspects of HL in different populations during pandemics is necessary ( 9 ). Seng et al emphasized that “understanding the levels and determinants of HL related to the epidemic in different populations is essential for healthcare policymakers and formulating optimal and effective strategies” ( 7 ).…”

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Psychometrics of the Persian version of the COVID-19-related health literacy in the Iranian population

Torkian

Ebrahimi²,

Shahnazi³

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundSince the occurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic, information dissemination has increased rapidly. Promoting health literacy is currently crucial to prepare people to respond quickly to situations, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the importance of health literacy in this critical situation, we are looking for a questionnaire to measure COVID-19 health literacy. The COVID-19 Germany Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLS-COVID-Q22) is an excellent tool, so the study aimed to create a cultural validity of this questionnaire for the Iranian population.MethodsIn this validation study, 880 samples were enrolled using a convenient sampling method. The questionnaire was translated through a backward forwarding procedure. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) were employed for Persian version validity. McDonald's omega (Ω), Cronbach's alpha, and average inter-item correlation (AIC) coefficients were assessed for reliability.ResultsUsing EFA on the random half sample (n = 440), the EFA indicated that the scale had four factors: accessing, understanding, appraising, and applying health-related information in the COVID-19 pandemic context, which explained 59.3% of the total variance. CFA was used for the sample's second part (n = 440) to evaluate the goodness of fit of the four-factor solution. CFA showed the model fit. All indices RMSEA = 0.067, CFI = 0.934, IFI = 0.934, PCFI = 0.772, PNFI = 0.747, and CMIN/DF = 2.972 confirmed the model fit. The convergent validity of the HLS-COVID-Q22 was confirmed. McDonald's omega and Cronbach's alpha were very good (α and Ω >0.80).ConclusionThe Persian version of the HLS-COVID-Q22 had acceptable psychometric properties and is applicable to measure COVID-19 health literacy.

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“…HLS-COVID-Q22 covers four subscales including, appraising, understanding, applying, and health-related information, while other questioners do not have these four subscales ( 9 ). In contrast, the methods of confirming the validity and reliability of some questionnaires are not enough ( 10 ).…”

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confidence: 99%