Volume 15, Issue 3 (May-June 2016)
Payesh 2016, 15(3): 251-257 |
Back to browse issues page
Download citation:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:
Ali Asghar Haeri Mehrizi, Mahmoud Tavousi, Shahram Rafieifar, Atousa Soleimanian, Fatemeh Sarbandi, Mona Sadat Ardestani, et al . Health Literacy for Iranian Adults (HELIA): the confirmatory factor analysis. Payesh 2016; 15 (3) :251-257
URL: http://payeshjournal.ir/article-1-174-en.html
URL: http://payeshjournal.ir/article-1-174-en.html
Ali Asghar Haeri Mehrizi1 
, Mahmoud Tavousi1 , Shahram Rafieifar2 , Atousa Soleimanian2 , Fatemeh Sarbandi2 , Mona Sadat Ardestani2 , Akram Hashem1 , Ali Montazeri * 1
, Mahmoud Tavousi1 , Shahram Rafieifar2 , Atousa Soleimanian2 , Fatemeh Sarbandi2 , Mona Sadat Ardestani2 , Akram Hashem1 , Ali Montazeri * 1
1- Health Metrics Research Center, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
2- Health Education & Promotion office, Health Departments, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
2- Health Education & Promotion office, Health Departments, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
Abstract: (4425 Views)
Objective (s): To perform confirmatory factor analysis for the HELIA to insure its validity further.
Methods: This was a reanalysis of the data measuring health literacy among Iranian adults. For the purpose of the current study the data for 1856 Iranian adults aged 18 to 65 years living in 31 provinces were examined using the confirmatory factor analysis. The fit indexes were calculated for both each province individually and for the whole country.
Results: Reliability was found to be satisfactory for the instrument throughout the country exceeding the 0.7 thresholds. The fit indexes for the country were as follows: RMSE = 0.058, NFI = 0.96, NNFI = 0.97, CFI = 0.97, IFI = 0.97, RFI = 0.96, SRMR = 0.051, and GFI = 0.90.
Conclusion: The findings confirmed that HELIA is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring health literacy among Iranian adults throughout the country.
Methods: This was a reanalysis of the data measuring health literacy among Iranian adults. For the purpose of the current study the data for 1856 Iranian adults aged 18 to 65 years living in 31 provinces were examined using the confirmatory factor analysis. The fit indexes were calculated for both each province individually and for the whole country.
Results: Reliability was found to be satisfactory for the instrument throughout the country exceeding the 0.7 thresholds. The fit indexes for the country were as follows: RMSE = 0.058, NFI = 0.96, NNFI = 0.97, CFI = 0.97, IFI = 0.97, RFI = 0.96, SRMR = 0.051, and GFI = 0.90.
Conclusion: The findings confirmed that HELIA is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring health literacy among Iranian adults throughout the country.
type of study: Descriptive |
Accepted: 2016/02/1 | ePublished ahead of print: 2016/04/18 | Published: 2016/05/15
Accepted: 2016/02/1 | ePublished ahead of print: 2016/04/18 | Published: 2016/05/15
| Rights and Permissions | |
 |
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. |