Table 1.
Overview of OHL instruments.
| Abbreviation | Name of Instrument | Year | Country | Authors | Type of Tool |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AREALD-30 [54] | Arabic Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry | 2014 | Saudi Arabia | Tadakamadla et al. | 30-item word recognition tool |
| Brazilian-HeLD [61] | Brazilian-Portuguese version of Health Literacy in Dentistry (HeLD) scale | 2020 | Brazil | Mialhe et al. | 29-item (HeLD-29) and 14-item (HeLD-14) tools assessing access, support, understanding, use, economic barriers, receptivity, and communication |
| BOHLAT-P [62] | Brazilian-Portuguese version of the Hong Kong OHL Assessment Task for Pediatric Dentistry (HKOHLAT-P) | 2020 | Brazil | Firmino et al. | 49-item tool assessing oral health knowledge, numeracy test and comprehensive |
| BREALD-30 [55] | Brazilian version of the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry | 2015 | Brazil | Junkes et al. | 30-item word recognition tool |
| BREALMD-20 [56] | Brazilian version of 20-item Rapid Estimate Adult Literacy in Medicine and Dentistry | 2017 | Brazi | Cruvinel et al. | 20-item word recognition tool |
| HKREALD-30 [57] | Hong Kong Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry | 2012 | Hong Kong | Wong et al. | 30-item word recognition tool |
| IREALD-99 [58] | Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry-99 for Iranian population | 2016 | Iran | Pakpour et al. | 99-item word recognition tool |
| OHLA-B [63] | Oral Health Literacy Assessment—Brazilian | 2017 | Brazil | Bado et al. | 30-item word recognition and comprehension tool |
| OHL-AQ-H [64] | Oral Health Literacy Adult Questionnaire—Hindi Version | 2016 | India | Vyas et al. | 17-item tool encompassing comprehension, numeracy test, listening, and decision-making domains |
| OHLI-Cl [66] | Chilean version of OHLI | 2017 | Chile | Cartes-Velásquez and Luengo-Machucaa | 57-item functional health literacy tool (38 items for reading comprehension and 19 items for numeracy test) |
| OHLI-M [65] | Oral health literacy instrument—Malay version | 2020 | Malaysia | Ramlay et al. | 57-item functional health literacy tool (38 items for reading comprehension and 19 items for numeracy test) |
| REALD-30 for Chilean population [59] | Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry for Chilean population | 2018 | Chile | Cartes- Velásquez and Luengo-Machucaa | 30-item word recognition tool |
| R-OHLI [67] | Russian version of the OHLI | 2014 | Belarus | Blizniuk et al. | 57-item functional health literacy tool containing 38 items for reading comprehension and 19 items for a numeracy test |
| RREALD-30 [60] | Romanian rapid estimate of adult literacy in dentistry | 2020 | Romania | Sfeatcu et al. | 30-item word recognition tool |
| ThREALD-30 [68] | Thai version of Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry | 2019 | Thailand | Deeraksa et al. | 30-item word recognition tool |
| TREALD-30 [69] | Turkish version of Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry-30 | 2017 | Turkey | Peker et al. | 30-item word recognition tool |
OHL–Oral Health Literacy.