Validation of the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults in a Danish population

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 573-581

  Emtekær Hæsum, Lisa Korsbakke ^a   Ehlers, Lars ^a   Hejlesen, Ole K ^a,b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Communication; Denmark; Health literacy; Reliability; Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TAE1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME FACTOR; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE); VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 84939466334     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/scs.12186     Document Type: Article

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