Psychology: Research and Review
Table 1 Factor loadings, commonality, explained variance and accuracy indices of the Health Literacy Scale
Item | Factor loading | h2 |
|---|---|---|
1. Find information on treatment of illnesses you have? | 0.69 | 0.48 |
2. Understand what to do in medical emergencies? | 0.71 | 0.51 |
3. Judge the advantages and disadvantages of different treatment options? | 0.67 | 0.45 |
4. Follow the instructions on medication? | 0.73 | 0.53 |
5. Find information on how to manage mental health problems like stress and depression? | 0.70 | 0.49 |
6. Understand why you need health screenings? | 0.76 | 0.58 |
7. Judge if the information on health risks in the media is reliable? | 0.60 | 0.36 |
8. Decide how you can protect yourself from illnesses based on advice from family and friends? | 0.40 | 0.16 |
9. Find information on health attitudes such as exercise, healthy food and nutrition? | 0.76 | 0.57 |
10. Understand information on food packaging? | 0.62 | 0.38 |
11. Judge which everyday behaviors are related to health? | 0.78 | 0.61 |
12. Make decisions to improve your health? | 0.59 | 0.34 |
Explained variance (%) | 49.98% | |
Cronbach's alpha (α) | 0.87 | |
Guttman's Lambda 2 (λ) | 0.87 | |
McDonald’s omega (ω) | 0.87 | |