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Patient SILS results stratified by NVS categories
| High likelihood of limited health literacy |
Possibility of limited health literacy |
Adequate health literacy |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| SILS | ||||||||
| Inadequate | 19 | (29.2) | 3 | (4.6) | 1 | (1.5) | 23 | (55) |
| Adequate | 22 | (33.8) | 7 | (10.8) | 13 | (20.0) | 42 | (67) |
| Total | 41 | (66.0) | 10 | (15.4) | 14 | (21.5) | ||
Note. NVS = Newest Vital Sign, SILS = Single Item Literacy Screener.
