Table 2.

Health literacy and motivation to change behavior among CVDs patients

Variables	Dimensions	N	Mean	St.D
Health literacy	Access to health information	189	23.91	4.70
	Reading skills of health information	189	15.42	3.39
	Understanding health information	189	27.38	5.60
	Appraisal health information	189	15.59	2.76
	Application of health information	189	46.39	6.18
	Total	189	128.70	20.22
Motivation to change health behavior	Autonomous motivation	189	3.67	0.74
	Controlled motivation	189	3.48	0.89
	Perceived support from the physician	189	4.06	0.41
	Total	189	11.23	1.52