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Alternative Title:
Med Care
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000000629
Personal Author:
Powell, Lauren R. ; Ojukwu, Elizabeth ; Person, Sharina D. ; Allison, Jeroan ; Rosal, Milagros C. ; ... More +
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Description:
Background

Many research participants are misinformed about research terms, procedures and goals, however no validated instruments exist to assess individual’s comprehension of health-related research information. We propose research literacy as a concept that incorporates understanding about the purpose and nature of research.

Objectives

We developed the Research and Knowledge Scale (RaKS) to measure research literacy in a culturally, literacy-sensitive manner. We describe its development and psychometric properties.

Research Design

Qualitative methods were used to assess perspectives of research participants and researchers. Literature and informed consent reviews were conducted to develop initial items. These data were used to develop initial domains and items of the RaKS, and expert panel reviews and cognitive pre-testing were done to refine the scale. We conducted psychometric analyses to evaluate the scale.

Subjects

The cross-sectional survey was administered to a purposive community-based sample (n=430) using a web-based data collection system and paper.

Measures

We did classical theory testing on individual items and assessed test- retest reliability and Kuder Richardson-20 (KR-20) for internal consistency. We conducted exploratory factor analysis and analysis of variance to assess differences in mean research literacy scores in socio-demographic subgroups.

Results

The RaKS is comprised of 16 items, with a KR-20 estimate of 0.81 and test-retest reliability 0.84. There were differences in mean scale scores by race/ethnicity, age, education, income, and health literacy (all p<0.01).

Conclusions

This study provides preliminary evidence for the reliability and validity of the RaKS. This scale can be used to measure research participants’ understanding about health-related research processes and identify areas to improve informed decision-making about research participation.


Subject:
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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Age Factors
Article
Cognition
Confidentiality
Cross-Sectional Studies
Decision Making
Female
Focus Groups
Humans
Informed Consent
Knowledge
Male
Measurement Development
Middle Aged
Patient And Health Communication
Psychometrics
Reproducibility Of Results
Research
Research Ethics
Research Subjects
Risk Assessment
Sex Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys And Questionnaires
Young Adult

Source:
Med Care. 55(2):117-124.
Pubmed ID:
27579914
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5233643
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
P60 MD006912/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States ; U48 DP001933/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; UL1 TR001453/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States
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CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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