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. 2016 Dec 26;27(2):80–86. doi: 10.1016/j.je.2016.09.005

Table 2. Construct validity of the HLS-EU-Q47 in six Asian countries with goodness-of-fit indices.

Modela Absolute model fit Incremental fit Parsimonious fit



RMSEA GFI AGFI CFI IFI NFI χ2/df
Indonesia
 HC-HL 0.07 0.94 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.89 6.06
 DP-HL 0.07 0.94 0.90 0.91 0.91 0.90 6.56
 HP-HL 0.06 0.95 0.93 0.94 0.94 0.92 4.16
Kazakhstan
 HC-HL 0.05 0.96 0.95 0.97 0.97 0.96 6.10
 DP-HL 0.06 0.95 0.93 0.96 0.96 0.96 8.53
 HP-HL 0.06 0.96 0.94 0.97 0.97 0.96 7.32
Malaysia
 HC-HL 0.08 0.90 0.86 0.90 0.90 0.87 3.95
 DP-HL 0.09 0.90 0.86 0.91 0.91 0.88 4.53
 HP-HL 0.06 0.94 0.91 0.96 0.96 0.93 2.55
Myanmar
 HC-HL 0.08 0.93 0.90 0.92 0.92 0.91 9.94
 DP-HL 0.07 0.94 0.91 0.94 0.94 0.93 9.11
 HP-HL 0.06 0.95 0.93 0.94 0.94 0.94 6.92
Taiwan
 HC-HL 0.07 0.94 0.91 0.93 0.93 0.92 17.37
 DP-HL 0.08 0.94 0.91 0.94 0.94 0.93 17.74
 HP-HL 0.07 0.95 0.92 0.95 0.95 0.95 14.26
Vietnam
 HC-HL 0.07 0.94 0.91 0.94 0.94 0.94 11.60
 DP-HL 0.10 0.91 0.85 0.91 0.91 0.91 21.85
 HP-HL 0.07 0.94 0.92 0.95 0.95 0.94 10.69

AGFI, adjusted goodness-of-fit index; CFI, comparative fit index; DP-HL, disease prevention health literacy; GFI, goodness-of-fit index; HC-HL, health care health literacy; HLS-EU-Q47, European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire with 47 items; HP-HL, health promotion health literacy; IFI, incremental fit index; NFI, normal fit index; RMSEA, root mean square error of approximation; χ2/df, relative chi-square.

a

Four-factor model of each domain included finding, understanding, judging, and applying health information. The model-fit-indices were reported after dropping out certain items from whole HLS-EU-Q scale; e.g. item 4 from Taiwan and Myanmar surveys, item 17, 24 from Vietnam survey, item 4, 15, 21 from Indonesia survey.