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Published in final edited form as: J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2015 Mar 1;55(2):169–177. doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2015.14101

Table 4. Correlations between the STOFHLA, medication administration task test, and caregiver characteristics.

Caregiver characteristics	Correlation with STOFHLA scores (P value)	Correlation with MAT scores (P value)
STOFHLA score	…	0.29^a (0.045)

Age	0.02^a (0.91)	0.17^a (0.25)

Gender	–0.03^b (0.85)	0.06^b (0.71)

Education	0.33^a (0.03)	0.06^a (0.67

Takes medication regularly	−0.09^b (0.53)	−0.21^b (0.15)

Training on medication administration	0.07^b (0.66)	0.15^b (0.31)

Has opportunity to discuss questions about medication with others	−0.1^b (0.52)	−0.04^b (0.42)

Experience as caregiver of a person with IDD before current situation	−0.17^b (0.26)	−0.11^b (0.47)

Length of time working with the person with IDD	0.28^a (0.06)	0.19^a (0.21)

Abbreviations used: IDD, intellectual and developmental disabilities; STOFHLA, Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults; MAT, medication administration task.

P values in bold indicate significant differences at alpha < 0.05.

Spearman's rho correlation

Pearson's r correlation