To construct an evaluation index system for health literacy of parents of children with Kawasaki disease, so as to provide a basis for accurately determining health literacy of parents of children with Kawasaki disease.

A research team was established in September 2020. With the three dimensions of 66 Items of Chinese Citizens'Health Literacy as the basic framework, based on literature analysis and semi-structured interviews with 10 parents of children with Kawasaki disease were conducted, the primary evaluation indicators of health literacy of parents of children with Kawasaki disease was constructed. From October to December 2020, questionnaires were sent to 15 experts through email or Wechat for three rounds of Delphi expert consultation. And the evaluation indicators of health literacy of parents of children with Kawasaki disease were determined according to authority coefficient and Kendall's coordination coefficient.

The recovery rates of the three rounds of expert consultation questionnaires were all 100.00%, and the expert authority coefficients were 0.907, 0.913 and 0.920, respectively. In the third round of expert consultation, the Kendall's coordination coefficient of the coordination degree of general indexes, the first-level indexes and the second-level indexes were 0.376, 0.328 and 0.319 respectively (allP<0.01) . The final health literacy evaluation index system for parents of children with Kawasaki disease consisted of 3 first-level indicators and 34 second-level indicators.

The established health literacy evaluation index system for parents of children with Kawasaki disease is scientific and reliable, which can provide an effective tool for nursing staff to accurately assess the health literacy of parents of children with Kawasaki disease.

Kawasaki disease; Health literacy; Evaluation; Delphi method