Test of Oral Health Literacy in Adults (TOHLA): development and psychometric evaluation of a new scale
Mohtasham GHAFFARI,
Sakineh RAKHSHANDEROU,
Fábio Luiz MIALHE
et al.
Abstract:This study aimed to develop and rigorously evaluate the Test of Oral Health Literacy in Adults (TOHLA) for the Iranian population, addressing the limitations of existing oral health literacy (OHL) measurement instruments and contributing to the literature on OHL assessment. The development of the TOHLA involved a qualitative approach, which included a comprehensive literature review and semi-structured interviews with a panel of 15 experts from diverse fields and 22 Iranian adults aged 18 to 64 years. The inst… Show more
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