Table 2 Summaries of the descriptions of the HL assessment instruments in the studies.
From: Health literacy of people with spinal cord injury: a systematic review
Study | Instrument | Summary of the instrument |
|---|---|---|
Hahn et al. [22] | Health LiTT | It is a self-administered multimedia test. Participants answer three types of items: prose (reading comprehension), document (identifying and interpreting information presented in charts, graphs, or tables) and quantitative (performing arithmetic operations). Each item has a multiple-choice answer format and only one answer is coded as correct. |
Hogan et al. [21] | eHEALS | A scale used to measure the level of digital health literacy. It consists of eight items aiming to measure the knowledge, comfort and perceived skills of individuals on how to find, evaluate and apply electronic health information to health problems. |
Johnston et al. [25] | TOFHLA | It has 50 items that test the ability to read and understand medical information, it presents 17 items related to the investigation of numeration, which consists of assessing the ability of using numbers in everyday life. |
Myaskovsky et al. [23] | REALM | It comprises eight items. While applying it, the participants must read aloud a list of medical words. A correct answer is given if the word is read correctly. |
Sertkaya et al. [24] | HLS-TR | It has 47 items and can also be used to measure HL sub-dimensions related to treatment services, disease prevention and health improvement. |
