Table 2.
Attitudes and behaviors relating to health care encounters and providers, by health literacy level
| Total sample (N = 1,013) |
Low health literacy* (n = 111) |
All others (n = 902) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | M | n | M | n | M | n | p |
| Perceived efficacy in patient-physician interactions | 8.14 | 1,012 | 8.21 | 111 | 8.13 | 901 | .587 |
| Trust in primary care provider | 8.35 | 1,012 | 8.41 | 111 | 8.35 | 901 | .657 |
| % | n | % | n | % | n | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avoid physician visits | <.001 | ||||||
| True | 36.6 | 371 | 53.2 | 59 | 34.6 | 312 | |
| Not true | 63.3 | 641 | 46.8 | 52 | 65.4 | 589 | |
| Enjoy physician visits | .924 | ||||||
| Strongly agree/agree | 88.7 | 899 | 89.2 | 99 | 88.9 | 800 | |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 11.1 | 112 | 10.8 | 12 | 11.1 | 100 |
Note. CMLT = Cancer Message Literacy Lest.
*
Low health literacy: Subjects who scored in the lowest quartile on the CMLT-Listening, the CMLT-Reading, and the Lipkus Numeracy Scale.