Table 4.

 Univariate statistics for interest in seeking written medicine information

Independent variables	Interested		Not interested		P‐value
	n	%	n	%
Disease state*
Hypertension	61	23.3	201	76.7	<0.001
Pain/rheumatology	90	41.5	127	58.5
Coping style*
Blunter	43	36.1	76	63.9	0.509
Monitor	68	40.7	99	59.3
Health literacy*
Inadequate/marginal	10	14.1	61	85.9	<0.001
Adequate	117	40.2	174	59.8
Gender*
Male	56	28.0	144	72.0	0.192
Female	95	34.1	184	65.9
Age*
≤60 years	77	42.8	103	57.2	0.001
≥61 years	74	24.7	225	75.3
Country of birth*
Australia	103	33.6	204	66.4	0.241
Overseas	48	27.9	124	72.1
Main language spoken at home*
English	132	33.8	259	66.2	0.036
Other	19	21.6	69	78.4
Highest level of education*
≤Primary	15	17.2	72	82.8	0.003
≥Secondary	133	34.2	256	65.8
Occupation*
White‐collar	103	35.4	188	64.6	0.016
Blue‐collar	22	20.4	86	79.6
Homemaker	24	32.0	51	68.0
Employment status*
Working	45	42.9	60	57.1	0.007
Not working	106	28.3	268	71.7
Health locus of control†
Internal HLC	Median 25 IQR 22–28		Median 26 IQR 23–28		0.282
Chance HLC	Median 18.5 IQR 15–22		Median 20 IQR 16–24		0.033
Powerful other HLC	Median 22 IQR 17–26		Median 24 IQR 21–28		<0.001
Number of medications†	Median 4 IQR 2–6		Median 4 IQR 3–6		0.390
Duration of disease (years)†	Median 10 IQR 4–20		Median 9 IQR 3–20		0.166

*Chi‐square test; ^†Mann–Whitney U‐test, HLC, health locus of control.