Health Literacy Test Scores for 302 Brazilian Adults in Santa Catarina, 2013

Brazilian Portuguese validation data for the Health Literacy Test (TLS), adapted from the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (TOFHLA). The dataset contains test scores and sociodemographic variables for 302 clinic users at a university in Santa Catarina, collected in September and October 2013. Carla Andréia Daros Maragno authored the associated research paper.

Use Cases

• Validate health literacy assessment tools based on the TLS/TOFHLA adaptation described.
• Analyze correlations between health literacy scores and sociodemographic variables like age and education level.
• Assess the internal consistency and reliability of health literacy test components based on reported Cronbach's alpha coefficients.
• Model the distribution of health literacy levels (adequate, marginal, inadequate) within a specific clinical population.

Strengths

• Includes test scores for 302 participants, providing a substantive sample size.
• Reports high internal consistency with a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.953.
• Contains validated sociodemographic associations, showing inverse relation to age and direct relation to education level.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Carla Andréia Daros Maragno (author), associated research paper.

Collection Method

Survey/test administration to clinic users.

Time Range

September to October 2013.

Freshness

Data collection occurred in 2013; last update is unknown.

Geography

Santa Catarina, Brazil.