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Development and validation of a short form of the medication literacy scale for Chinese College Students by Zhenzhen, Chen; Jiabao, Ren; Tingyu, Duan; Ke, Chen; Ruyi, Hou; Yimiao, Li; Leixiao, Zeng; Xiaoxuan, Meng; Yibo, Wu; Yu, Liu is a scholarly article available to read on EtoBox.

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Medication literacy is integral to health literacy, pivotal for medication safety and adherence. It denotes an individual's capacity to discern, comprehend, and convey medication-related information. Existing scales, however, are time-consuming and predominantly cater to patients and community dwellers, necessitating a more succinct instrument. This study presents the development of a brief Medication Literacy Scale (MLS-14) utilizing classical test theory (CTT) and item response theory (IRT), targeting a college student demographic. The MLS-14's abbreviated version, a 6-item scale (MLS-SF), was distilled through CTT and IRT methodologies, engaging 2431 Chinese college students to scrutinize its psychometric properties. The MLS-SF demonstrated a Cronbach's {\alpha} of 0.765, with three extracted factors via exploratory factor analysis, accounting for 66% of the cumulative variance. All items exhibited factor loadings above 0.5. The scale's three-factor structure was substantiated through confirmatory factor analysis with satisfactory fit indices (chi2/df=5.11, RMSEA=0.063, GFI=0.990, AGFI=0.966, NFI=0.984, IFI=0.987, CFI=0.987). IRT modeling confirmed reasonable discrimination and

Author

Zhenzhen, Chen; Jiabao, Ren; Tingyu, Duan; Ke, Chen; Ruyi, Hou; Yimiao, Li; Leixiao, Zeng; Xiaoxuan, Meng; Yibo, Wu; Yu, Liu

Published

2024

Language

EN