Table 2.
Sociodemographic characteristics and health behaviours of DMT2 patients stratified by PTHL level
| PTHL level | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics |
Total (N = 350) |
Low (N = 216) |
Medium (N = 117) |
High (N = 17) |
χ2/p* | |
| Gender, N (%) | Male | 156 (44.6) | 97 (62.2) | 54 (34.6) | 5 (3.2) | 1.71/0.425 |
| Female | 194 (55.4) | 119 (61.3) | 63 (32.5) | 12 (6.2) | ||
| Marital status, N (%) | Single | 158 (45.1) | 97 (61.4) | 53 (33.6) | 8 (5) | 0.03/0.984 |
| Married/Common-law | 188 (53.8) | 117 (62.2) | 62 (33.0) | 9 (4.8) | ||
| Children, N (%) | No | 91 (26.0) | 29 (31.9) | 51 (56.0) | 11 (12.1) | 4.47/0.001 |
| One child | 91 (26.0) | 20 (22.0) | 54 (59.3) | 17 (18.7) | ||
| Two or more children | 168 (48.0) | 80 (47.6) | 64 (38.1) | 24 (14.3) | ||
| Level of education, N (%) | Secondary school or less | 138 (39.4) | 96 (69.6) | 41 (29.7) | 1 (0.7) | 11.23/0.004 |
| College/university/post-graduate | 212 (60.6) | 120 (56.6) | 76 (35.8) | 16 (7.5) | ||
| Employment, N (%) | Employed | 219 (62.6) | 131 (59.8) | 76 (34.7) | 12 (5.5) | 1.09/0.579 |
| Unemployed or Pensioner | 131 (37.4) | 85 (64.9) | 41 (31.3) | 5 (3.8) | ||
| Monthly income per family member, N (%) | < 40,000 RSD | 88 (25.1) | 64 (72.7) | 23 (26.1) | 1 (1.1) | 8.03/0.091 |
| 40,000–60,000 RSDa | 228 (65.1) | 134 (58.8) | 80 (35.1) | 14 (6.1) | ||
| ≥ 60,000 RSD | 34 (9.8) | 18 (52.9) | 14 (41.2) | 2 (5.9) | ||
| HLb | Inadequate HL | 116 (33.3) | 72 (62.1) | 40 (34.5) | 4 (3.4) | 9.19/0.057 |
| Marginal HL | 222 (63.3) | 141 (63.5) | 70 (31.5) | 11 (5) | ||
| Adequate HL | 12 (3.4) | 3 (25) | 7 (58.3) | 2 (16.7) | ||
| Active exercise, N (%) | Never | 57 (16.3) | 42 (73.7) | 14 (24.6) | 1 (1.8) | 12.66/0.049 |
| Less than once a week | 135 (38.6) | 79 (58.5) | 50 (37) | 6 (4.4) | ||
| 1–2 times a week | 118 (33.7) | 78 (66.1) | 34 (28.8) | 6 (5.1) | ||
| 3 or more times a week | 40 (11.4) | 17 (42.5) | 19 (47.5) | 4 (10) | ||
| Smoking, N(%) | Smoker | 178 (50.9) | 125 (70.2) | 48 (27) | 5 (2.8) | 11.90/0.003 |
| Non-smoker | 172 (49.1) | 91 (52.9) | 69 (40.1) | 12 (7) | ||
| Alcohol intake, N (%) | Never | 156 (44.6) | 84 (53.8) | 59 (37.8) | 13 (8.3) | 12.57/0.014 |
| Once a month | 121 (34.5) | 82 (67.8) | 35 (28.9) | 4 (3.3) | ||
| 2 or more times a month | 73 (20.9) | 50 (68.5) | 23 (31.5) | 0 (0) | ||
Abbreviation PTHL, Pharmacotherapy literacy, HL Health literacy
*Bold p values denote statistical significance
a1RSD = 0.0085 EU
bAssessed with Serbian version of the Functional, Communicative and Critical Health Literacy Scale with 12 questions (FCCHL-SR12)