Table 4.

Final Selection of Items for the HLS-Child-Q15

Question	How easy or difficult is it for you to . . .	Adapted HLS-EU-Q item	Mean	SD	Missing (%)	ITC
1	find out how to recover quickly when you have a cold?	2	2.95	.791	6.4	.357
2	find out what you can do so that you don't get too fat or too thin?	20	3.39	.810	7.4	.341
3	find out how you can best relax?	33	3.39	.748	5.6	.319
4	find out which food is healthy for you?	32	3.42	.707	4.5	.407
5	understand when and how you should take your medicine when you are ill?	8	3.10	.849	6.0	.418
6	understand what your doctor says to you?	5	3.28	.730	3.6	.355
7	understand why you sometimes need to see the doctor even though you are not ill?	23	3.54	.738	5.4	.343
8	understand why you need vaccinations?	22	3.46	.787	4.3	.323
9	understand what your parents tell you about your health?	37	3.24	.678	5.0	.431
10	understand why you need to relax sometimes?	40	3.43	.749	4.9	.452
11	judge what helps a lot for you to stay healthy and what does not help much?	-	3.15	.723	7.5	.541
12	do what your parents tell you to do so that you can get well again?	13	3.43	.654	3.1	.379
13	take your medicine in the way you're told to?	14	3.40	.744	4.2	.430
14	stick to what you have learned in road safety lessons?	-	3.48	.633	7.7	.434
15	have a healthy diet?	-	3.41	.701	4.3	.466

Note. Items translated from German. HLS-Child-Q15 = Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire for Children.