A New Comprehensive Short-form Health Literacy Survey Tool for Patients in General

• Main Authors: Tuyen Van Duong, RN, MSN, PhD (Author), Peter WuShou Chang, MD, ScD (Author), Shih-Hsien Yang, MD, PhD (Author), Ming-Chu Chen, MD (Author), Wei-Ting Chao, MD (Author), Tara Chen, BSc (Author), Priscilla Chiao, BSc (Author), Hsiao-Ling Huang, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Purpose: To validate a conceptual short-form health literacy 12 items questionnaire (HL-SF12) in patient populations. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted via a convenient sample of 403 patients from three departments of a community general hospital in the northern Taiwan. Patients' h...