title: [Modification and evaluation of assessment of  medication literacy].
abstract: To translate and revise the Medication Literacy Assessment in English (MedLitRxSE-English) and evaluate its validity and reliability.  Methods: We introduced MedLitRxSE-English from abroad. According to the principles of Brislin and culture adjustment, we revised it as a Chinese edition. Using random sampling method, from Oct, 2014 to Jan, 2015, 461 non-hospitalized patients from the outpatient departments of the top three hospitals in Changsha city were investigated. The reliability and validity of the scale was tested.  Results: The test-retest reliability of the Chinese version for medication literacy scale was 0.885; the split reliability was 0.840; K-R was 0.820; the correlations between the assessment of medication literacy and the corresponding items were 0.427-0.587; the confirmatory factor analysis revealed overall good fit. Root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA), χ2/df, goodness of fit index (GFI) and comparative fit index (CFI) was 0.08, 3.06, 0.91 and 0.94, respectively.   Conclusion: The Chinese version for the assessment of medication literacy is in good reliability and validity, and it can be used to evaluate the medication literacy in our country.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078; Department of Nursing, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013; Key Laboratory of Medical Information Research, College of Hunan Province, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China.
authors.forename: Zhuqing
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China.
authors.forename: Siqing
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.affiliation: Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078; Key Laboratory of Medical Information Research, College of Hunan Province, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China.
authors.forename: Aijing
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China.
authors.forename: Zina
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D057220:Health Literacy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014175:Translating