Table 6.
Health Literacy Questionnaire scores for the overall sample. French population at risk for metabolic and cardiovascular disease (n = 175).
| Mean (SD) (95% CI) | |
|---|---|
| HLQ scales | |
| Range 1 (lowest) to 4 (highest) | |
| 1. Feeling understood and supported by healthcare professionals | 3.09 (0.59) (3.00–3.18) |
| 2. Having sufficient information to manage my health | 2.68 (0.57) (2.60–2.77) |
| 3. Actively managing my health | 2.93 (0.49) (2.86–3.01) |
| 4. Social support for health | 2.72 (0.70) (2.61–2.82) |
| 5. Appraisal of health information | 2.87 (0.56) (2.78–2.95) |
| Range 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest) | |
| 6. Ability to actively engage with healthcare professionals | 3.48 (0.67) (3.38–3.58) |
| 7. Navigating the healthcare system | 3.26 (0.64) (3.17–3.36) |
| 8. Ability to find good health information | 3.39 (0.65) (3.30–3.49) |
| 9. Understand health information enough to know what to do | 3.61 (0.55) (3.53–3.69)a |
HLQ: Health Literacy Questionnaire; SD: standard deviation; CI: confidence interval.
a
One missing data in this scale.