Validation of the Dutch functional, communicative and critical health literacy scales

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-88

  van der Vaart, Rosalie ^a   Drossaert, Constance H C ^a   Taal, Erik ^a   ten Klooster, Peter M ^a   Hilderink Koertshuis, Rianne T E ^b   Klaase, Joost M ^b   van de Laar, Mart A F J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Instrument; Measurement; Scale; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COGNITION; DUTCH; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; TRANSLATING;

EID: 84866597161     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.07.014     Document Type: Article

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