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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Surgery. 2013 Dec 14;155(5):789–796. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2013.12.007

Table III.

Health literacy, numeracy, and graphic literacy of patient and provider study participants

Patient scores mean (SD) Provider scores mean (SD)
Health literacy
 REALM-SF score 6.8 (1.0) N/A
Numeracy
 SNS total score 4.5 (0.9) 4.7 (0.9)
 SNS ability score 4.4 (1.0) 4.7 (0.9)
 SNS preference score 4.5 (0.9) 4.6 (0.9)
Graphic literacy
 GLS total score 79.2 (17.7) 86.8 (14.8)
 GLS reading score 94.5 (16.2) 96.5 (8.8)
 GLS reading between score 81.0 (25.0) 88.0 (21.0)
 GLS reading beyond score 65.6 (22.5) 78.0 (22.6)

GLS, Graphic Literacy Scale, scored as percent correct; REALM-SF, Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine Short Form, scored 0–7; SD, standard deviation; SNS, Subjective Numeracy Scale, scored 0–6.