Evaluating short versions of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q47) for health checkups
Azumi MAIE, Sachiyo Kanekuni, Yuki Yonekura, Kazuhiro Nakayama, Rieko Sakai
Abstract
Objective: The benefit of health literacy (HL) on adopting a healthy lifestyle is well established and enhancing HL as part of regular health checkups contributes to the prevention of lifestyle-related diseases. Tuned health advices requires preliminary assessment of HL. To balance evaluation precision and cumbersomeness, we aimed to find the most parsimonious questionnaire for our checkups.
Topics & Concepts
Health literacyBalance (ability)QuestionnaireHealth assessmentLiteracyMedicinePsychologyEnvironmental healthPhysical therapyPolitical scienceHealth carePedagogyMathematicsStatisticsLawPathologyHealth Literacy and Information AccessibilityMobile Health and mHealth ApplicationsHealth Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention