Table 2.
Correlations among health literacy and patient–physician communication
| |
|
Correlation coefficients |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD | Functional HL | Communicative HL | Critical HL | Clarity of the physician’s explanation | |
| HL |
|
|
|
|
|
| Functional HL |
3.36 ± 0.58 |
1 |
0.074 |
−0.048 |
0.035 |
| Communicative HL |
2.65 ± 0.68 |
|
1 |
0.752† |
0.231† |
| Critical HL |
2.28 ± 0.59 |
|
|
1 |
0.055 |
| Clarity of the physician’s explanation | 5.72 ± 1.04 | 1 | |||
Pearson’s correlation coefficients are shown. *p < 0.05; †p < 0.01. The score range was 1–4 for HL and 1–7 for the clarity of the physician’s explanation.
HL: health literacy.