Evaluating existing measures of health numeracy using item response theory

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 308-314

  Schapira, Marilyn M ^a   Walker, Cindy M ^b   Sedivy, Sonya K ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Item response theory; Measurement; Numeracy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIPKUS EXPANDED HEALTH NUMERACY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DATA INTERPRETATION TEST; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE VARIABLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 67349287506     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.03.035     Document Type: Article

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