. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 11.

Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2008 Aug 29;73(3):482–489. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.07.033

Table 4.

Engagement Scale^* Scores for Low-Literacy and High-Literacy Subjects Who Completed the Entertainment-Education Decision Aid.

Engagement Scales	Low- Literacy Site (n=64)	High- Literacy Site (n=146)	F-ratio	P-value

	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
General Scale	69.3 (31.3)	66.3 (29.1)	0.44	0.510
Soap Opera Scale	90.2 (15.5)	80.3 (23.2)	9.61	0.002
Values Scale	97.7 (7.8)	80.9 (29.9)	19.40	0.000
Testimonials Scale	96.1 (12.2)	87.9 (22.0)	7.81	0.006

Two subjects from the low-literacy site and two from the high literacy site had incomplete responses to the engagement questions, and were dropped from this analysis.

Uses a 0–100 scale, with higher scores indicating greater engagement with the program.

SD, standard deviation.