Development and validation of the General Health Numeracy Test (GHNT)

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 350-356

  Osborn, Chandra Y ^a   Wallston, Kenneth A ^a   Shpigel, Adam ^a   Cavanaugh, Kerri ^a   Kripalani, Sunil ^a   Rothman, Russell L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

General Health Numeracy Test; Health literacy; Measurement; Medication adherence; Medication understanding; Numeracy; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH NUMERACY TEST; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIABILITY; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; DEVICES; EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TENNESSEE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877067002     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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