Abstract
The Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM-R), a new 8-item instrument designed to rapidly screen patients for potential health literacy problems, was administered to 157 patients. The REALM-R was correlated with Wide Range Achievement Test-Revised (WRAT-R) (.64) and demonstrated a Cronbach's α of 0.91. The REALM-R identified 26 of 30 persons scoring more than 1 standard deviation below the mean on the WRAT-R, corresponding to a sixth grade reading level. The REALM-R identified a substantial number of people who scored poorly on the WRAT-R, and depending on further studies of validity and reliability, may offer a practical approach to identify patients at risk for health literacy problems in a clinical setting.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1036-1038 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal of General Internal Medicine |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2003 |
Keywords
- Health literacy
- Reading level
- Screening
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Internal Medicine