Pre-testing was conducted in one-on-one interviews in which the volunteer completed the survey and then provided detailed feedback to the interviewer on the content and comprehension of the measure.
To be eligible for the study, caregivers and children must speak German at a sufficient level and children's cognitive development must be within the normal range (i.e., excluding severe mental impairment) as deficits in these areas may otherwise interfere with the comprehension and completion of measures.
Comprehension of inferences was measured by responses to four types of questions that related to the inferences.
Results showed significant differences between students taught a set of comprehension strategies on measures of elaborated knowledge acquisition from reading science books (detail idea units recalled), retention of science content knowledge, and significantly improved criterion or curriculum-based reading comprehension test scores.
It measures comprehension of the labels on prescription vials, of appointment slips, of what the patient is expected to do before diagnostic tests, etc.
The posttest measured comprehension of curriculum-related concepts retained 1 wk after completion of the SLP.
Additional review issues for PRO instruments applied in children and youth include age-related vocabulary, language comprehension, comprehension of the health concept measured, and duration of recall.
Therefore, we will use the Computer-Based Instrument for Low motor Language Testing (C-BiLLT) to measure comprehension of spoken language at baseline.
This adheres to the recommendations of the FDA who observe that issues for PRO instruments applied to children include "age-related vocabulary, language comprehension, comprehension of the health concept measured, and duration of recall" [ 2].
REALD-30 word-recognition and comprehension scores were also correlated with measures of comprehension of the dry mouth brochure lending additional evidence for the validity of the REALD-30 measures as oral health literacy assessment tools.
