ArticlePloS one2022
Cultural and linguistic adaption and testing of the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) among healthy people in Korea.
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- Developing a validity testing plan for a patient-reported outcome measure in a new context using the argument-based approach to validity.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Investigating health literacy and sociodemographic factors in college students.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Measuring health literacy to inform actions to address health inequities: a cluster analysis approach based on the Australian national health literacy survey.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2024Article
- Validity testing of the Korean version of the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) and its application in people with chronic diseases.PloS one · 2024Article
- Health literacy strengths and challenges of people in New South Wales prisons: a cross-sectional survey using the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ).BMC public health · 2023Article
- A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Health Literacy and Compliance to Treatment in Organ Transplant Recipients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Health literacy strengths and challenges among residents of a resource-poor village in rural India: Epidemiological and cluster analyses.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundsThis study administered the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) among Korean adults to examine its factor structure, reliability, and validity.
methodsThe HLQ items were translated and culturally adapted to the Korean context. The convenience sampling method was used, and data were collected. The difficulty level, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) using diagonal weighted least squares (DWLS) estimator in R, discriminant validity, and composite reliability were performed.
resultsThe easiest scale to obtain a high score was "Scale 4. Social support for health" and the hardest was "Scale 7. Navigating the healthcare system." Nine one-factor models fitted well. The nine-factor structural equation model fitted the data well. All HLQ scales were homogenous, with composite reliability.
conclusionsThe Korean version of the HLQ has a strong construct and high composite reliability when applied to Korean adults.
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