Testing health literacy skills in older Korean adults

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 302-307

  Lee, Tae Wha ^a   Kang, Soo Jin ^a   Lee, Han Joo ^a   Hyun, Soo In ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Instrument; Korean; Older adults; Rasch model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPREHENSION; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; READING; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE; SCREENING TEST; VALIDITY; AGE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 67349104921     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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