Table 3.
Access to empowerment-related indicators of the DMT2 patients stratified by PTHL level
| PTHL level | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics |
Total* (N = 350) |
Low* (N = 216) |
Medium* (N = 117) |
High* (N = 17) |
χ2/p* | |
| Source of health information | Doctor | 204 (58.3) | 122 (59.8) | 69 (33.8) | 13 (6.4) | 26.23/ < 0.001 |
| Pharmacists | 47 (13.4) | 17 (36.2) | 27 (57.4) | 3 (6.4) | ||
| Internet | 15 (4.3) | 11 (73.3) | 4 (26.7) | 0 (0) | ||
| Other | 84 (24.0) | 66 (78.6) | 17 (20.2) | 1 (1.2) | ||
| Interest in health | Not interested/Little | 142 (40.6) | 98 (69) | 44 (31) | 0 (0) | 26.56/ < 0.001 |
| Medium | 172 (49.1) | 102 (59.3) | 60 (34.9) | 10 (5.8) | ||
| Much or very interested | 36 (10.3) | 16 (44.4) | 13 (36.1) | 7 (19.4) | ||
| Self-estimation of health status | Bad | 99 (28.3) | 57 (57.6) | 41 (41.4) | 1 (1) | 20.57/ < 0.001 |
| Good | 201 (57.4) | 117 (58.2) | 68 (33.8) | 16 (8.0) | ||
| Very good | 50 (14.3) | 42 (84) | 8 (16) | 0 (0) | ||
Abbreviation PTHL Pharmacotherapy literacy
*Bold p values denote statistical significance