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Engaging Experts and Patients to Refine the Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument
Gibbs, Heather D. ; Harvey, Susan P. ; Owens, Sarah ; Boyle, Diane K. ; Sullivan, Debra K.
Gibbs, Heather D.
Harvey, Susan P.
Owens, Sarah
Boyle, Diane K.
Sullivan, Debra K.
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Abstract
Background
An objective measure of nutrition literacy is unavailable for use in the primary care population. The Nutrition Literacy Assessment instrument (NLit) is a tool designed to measure nutrition literacy across six domains and has been previously piloted in breast cancer and parent populations. The purpose of this research was to engage nutrition experts and patients to guide revisions of the NLit for use in adult primary care.
Methods
Experts (n=5) reviewed each item in the NLit using a survey to assign rankings of their agreement according to relevance, clarity, and reading difficulty. Relevance rankings were used to calculate Scale Content Validity Index. After suggested revisions were made, patients (n=12) were recruited from urban primary care clinics of a University Medical Center located in the Midwestern United States and were interviewed by trained researchers using the cognitive interview approach to generate thoughts, feelings, and ideas regarding NLit items. Data analysis involved qualitative and quantitative methods.
Results
Content validity from expert review was confirmed with a total Scale Content Validity Index of 0.90. Themes emerging from the cognitive interviews resulted in changes in the NLit to improve instrument clarity.
Conclusion
These data suggest the NLit achieves its target constructs, is understood by the target audience, and is ready to undergo validity and reliability testing within the primary care population.
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2017-08-22
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BioMed Central
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Health literacy, Patient education, Chronic disease, Nutrition literacy, Portion size, Nutrition education, Surveys and questionnaires
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Gibbs, H. D., Harvey, S., Owens, S., Boyle, D., & Sullivan, D. K. (2017). Engaging Experts and Patients to Refine the Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument. BMC Nutrition, 3, 71. http://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-017-0190-y