TY  - JOUR
TI  - Validation of Turkish Version of Newest Vital Sign Scale to Assess Health Literacy
AB  - Objective: The aim of the study was to check Turkish validation ofthe Newest Vital Sign (NVS) scale.Methods: The participants were composed of the patients whowere registered in a Family Health Center located in Bursa betweenSeptember 2016 and February 2017. The subjects selected byrandom sampling method and they were invited to the study. Theresearch was performed by applying survey with the face to facemethod to the participants.Results: Turkish version of the NVS scale is a valid tool to assesshealth literacy. Cronbach alpha coefficient was calculated as 0.720for NVS scale. Receiver Operating Characteristic analysis revealed acut-off point for the NVS scale which was 4. According to the NVSscale, 57.9% of the participants had an adequate health literacylevel.Conclusion: This sample was found to be adequate for validationanalysis of NVS scale. NVS is a reliable and valid tool to evaluatehealth literacy among Turkish population and the cut-off point forthe scale is 4. Health literacy is inadequate for less than half of thepeople living in our region.
AU  - ÇİFTÇİ, FATİH
AU  - NEMLİ ÇİFTÇİ, HİLAL
AU  - OCAKOGLU, Gokhan
AU  - Demirci, Hakan
DO  - 10.14235/bas.galenos.2020.4052
PY  - 2021
JO  - Bezmiâlem Science
VL  - 9
IS  - 2
SN  - 2148-2373
SP  - 219
EP  - 225
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/422315
ER  -