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Table 2 Describing Details of OHL Tools

From: Systematic review of the tools of oral and dental health literacy: assessment of conceptual dimensions and psychometric properties

Author

Instrument

Year Publication

Setting

Characteristics

Psychometrics

Measure style

Assessment

Scoring categories

Domains assessed

Validation sample population age

Modes of administration in validation study

Number of items

Sample size in validation study

Language of validated version

Richman et al., [31]

REALD-99

2007

North Carolina

Pronunciation

Adults: 18 to 64 years

Face-to-face

99

102

English

REALM Family

Objective

Sum score (0–99)

Gong et al., [32]

ToFHLiD

2007

North Carolina

Comprehension, Numeracy

Adults: 18 to 64 years

Face-to-face

80

102

English

TOFHLA Family

Objective

Weighted score (0–100)

Lee et al., [33]

REALD-30

2007

North Carolina

Pronunciation

Adults: 18 to 64 years

Face-to-face

30

202

English

REALM Family

Objective

Sum score (0–30)

Sabbahi et al., [34]

OHLI

2009

Toronto

Comprehension, Numeracy

Adults: 18 to 64 years

Paper and pencil, Face-to-face

57

100

English

TOFHLA Family

Objective

Possible range: 0–100 (comprehension score × 1.31, numeracy score × 2.63), with 0–59: inadequate HL, 60–74: marginal HL, and 75–100: adequate HL

Macek et al., [35]

CMOHK

2010

Baltimore

Pronunciation

Adults:aged 45–64 years

Face-to-face

28

100

REALM Family

Objective

CMOHK scores were divided into three categories. Scores from 0 to 11 represented“poor,“12–14 corresponded to“fair,” and 15–23 represented “good”

Atchison et al., [36]

REALM-D

2010

USA

Comprehension, Pronunciation

Adults: 18 to 64 years

Face-to-face

84

200

English

REALM Family

Objective

Words pronounced correctly received a score of 1, and mispronounced or not attempted words received a score of 0.

Stucky et al., [37]

TS-REALD

2011

North Carolina

Pronunciation

Adults

Face-to-face

11

1405

English

REALM Family

Objective

Possible range: 0–9 (raw score). For interpretation, raw scores are transformed

Wong et al., [38]

HKREALD-30

2012

Hong Kong

Comprehension, Numeracy

Adults: 18 to 64 years, Adolescents: 10 to 17 years

Paper and pencil, Face-to-face

52

200

Cantonese

REALM Family

Objective

Possible range: 0–52, ↑scores = ↑ Oral HL

Lee et al., [39]

OHLA-S

2012

North Carolina

Word recognition section and a comprehension

aged 18 or older but less than 80 years

Face-to-face

24

405

Spanish and English

REALM Family

Objective

Sum score

(0–24)

Gironda et al., [40]

REALMD-20

2013

USA

Pronunciation

least 18 years of age

Face-to-face

20

200

English

REALM Family

Objective

Sum score (0–20)

Wong et al., [41]

HKOHLAT-P

2013

Hong Kong

Pronunciation

Adults:aged 45–64 years

Face-to-face

30

200 pairs of paediatric dental patients

Hong Kong

TOFHLA Family

Self-reported

Total score range of 0–52, with higher scores indicating better functional OHL.

Jones et al., [42]

HeLD

2013

Australians

Comprehension, Numeracy

Older Adults: 65+ years, Adults: 18 to 64 years, Adolescents: 10 to 17 years

Paper and pencil, Face-to-face

29

209

English

 

Self-reported

NR

Naghibi Sistani et al., [43]

OHL-AQ

2013

Tehran

(Iran)

Reading comprehension,numeracy, literacy and decision making

adults aged between 18 and 65 years

Face-to-face

17

97

Persian

TOFHLA Family

Self-reported

Possible range: 0–17

Inadequate, 0–9; marginal, 10–11; and adequate, 12–17.

Tadakamadla et al., [44]

AREALD-30

2014

Saudi Arabia

Pronunciation

aged over 25 years

Face-to-face

30

177

Arabic

REALM Family

Objective

Sum score (0–30)

Pakpour et al., [45]

IREALD-99

2014

Iran

Pronunciation

Adults: 18 to 64 years

Face-to-face

99

421

Persian

REALM Family

Objective

Sum score (0–99)

Junkes et al., [46]

BREALD-30

2015

Brazilian

Pronunciation

aged 18 to

75 years

Face-to-face

30

258

Brazilian-Portuguese

REALM Family

Objective

Sum score (0–30)

Peker et al., [47]

TREALD-30

2017

Turkish

Pronunciation

Adults: 18 to 64 years

Face-to-face

30

127

Turkish

REALM Family

Objective

Sum score (0–30)

Cruvinel et al., [48]

REALMD-20

2017

Brazilian

Pronunciation

Older Adults: 65+ years, Adults: 18 to 64 years

Face-to-face

20

200

Portuguese

REALM Family

Objective

NR

Bado et al., [49]

OHLA-B

2017

Brazilian

Pronunciation and comprehension

Adults

Paper and pencil, Face-to-face

30

20

Portuguese

REALM Family

Objective

Sum score (0–30)

Cartes-Velásquez and Luengo Machuca, [50]

OHLI-cl

2017

Chilean

Comprehension, Numeracy, General

Adults: 18 to 64 years

Paper and pencil, Face-to-face

57

482

Spanish

Objective

Possible range: 0–100 (comprehension score × 1.31, numeracy score × 2.63), with 0–59: inadequate HL, 60–74: marginal HL, and 75–100: adequate HL

Cartes-Velásquez and Luengo-Machucaa, [51]

Span-REALD-30

2018

Chilean

Pronunciation, Numeracy, General, Comprehension

Adults: 18 to 64 years

Face-to-face

30

482

Spanish

Objective

NR