Table 2.
Levels of health literacy based on information source
| Health Literacy Status | Information source; n (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physicians and health staff | Internet | IVR | Radio and television | Newspapers, journals, magazines | Friends, family | Booklets and brochures | |
| Good | 35 (63.6) | 37 (67.3) | 0 (0) | 22 (40) | 14 (25.5) | 11 (20) | 13 (23.6) |
| Medium | 84 (32.4) | 175 67.6) | 5 (1.9) | 121 (46.7) | 58 (22.4) | 99 (38.2) | 42 (16.2) |
| Poor | 4 (8.7) | 21 (45.7) | 1 (2.2) | 28 (60.9) | 6 (13) | 30 (65.2) | 43 (93.5) |
| Total | 123 (34.2) | 233 (64.7) | 6 (1.7) | 171 (47.5) | 78 (21.7) | 140 (38.9) | 302 (83.9) |
| p-value (Chi-square) | 0.0001 | 0.015 | 0.77 | 0.1 | 0.27 | 0.0001 | 0.066 |