Table 4.
Health Literacy Questionnaire domain scores between groups at the end of the intervention and at follow up
| Post intervention n = 62/69 Follow up n = 62/69 | Web/ DVD mean SD | Booklet mean SD | Unadjusted treatment effect (95% CI) | Unadjusted P | Adjusted treatment effect (95% CI) | Adjusted P | Partial Eta2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aHaving sufficient information to manage my health | 3.1 (0.4) | 3.0 (0.5) | 0.1 (−0.0 to 0.2) | 0.20 | 0.0 (− 0.1 to 0.2) | 0.43 | 0.009 |
| 3.1 (0.5) | 3.0 (0.4) | 0.1 (− 0.0 to 0.2) | 0.25 | 0.1 (− 0.0 to 0.2) | 0.25 | ||
| Feeling understood and supported by health care providers | 3.3 (0.6) | 3.3 (0.5) | 0.0 (−0.1 to 0.1) | 1.00 | 0.0 (−0.1 to 0.2) | 0.84 | 0.007 |
| 3.4 (0.5) | 3.3 (0.5) | 0.0 (−0.1 to 0.2) | 0.44 | 0.0 (− 0.1 to 0.2) | 0.74 | ||
| Actively managing my health | 3.1 (0.4) | 3.0 (0.5) | 0.1 (−0.0 to 0.2) | 0.20 | 0.0 (−0.1 to 0.2) | 0.38 | 0.006 |
| 3.1 (0.5) | 3.1 (0.4) | 0.0 (−0.1 to 0.2) | 0.56 | −0.0 (− 0.2 to 0.1) | 0.65 | ||
| Social support for health | 3.1 (0.4) | 3.0 (0.5) | 0.1 (−0.0 to 0.2) | 0.20 | 0.0 (−0.0 to 0.31) | 0.21 | 0.01 |
| 3.2 (0.5) | 3.1 (0.5) | 0.1 (−0.0 to 0.2) | 0.27 | 0.1 (−0.0 to 0.2) | 0.23 | ||
| Appraisal of health information | 2.9 (0.4) | 3.0 (0.6) | −0.1 (− 0.2 to 0.0) | 0.26 | − 0.0 (− 0.2 to 0.1) | 0.40 | 0.000 |
| 3.0 (0.4) | 3.0 (0.5) | 0.0 (− 0.1 to 0.1) | 1.00 | −0.0 (− 0.2 to 0.1) | 0.74 | ||
| bAbility to actively engage with health care providers | 4.0 (0.6) | 4.0 (0.6) | 0.0 (−0.2 to 0.2) | 1.0 | −0.0 (− 0.2 to 0.1) | 0.79 | 0.005 |
| 4.1 (0.6) | 4.1 (0.5) | 0.0 (−0.1 to 0.2) | 0.70 | −0.0 (0.2 to 0.1) | 0.92 | ||
| Understand health information well enough to know what to do | 4.2 (0.5) | 4.1 (0.5) | 0.1 (−0.0 to 0.2) | 0.25 | −0.0 (− 0.2 to 0.5) | 0.75 | 0.007 |
| 4.3 (0.5) | 4.2 (0.5) | −0.0 (− 0.0 to 0.2 | 0.17 | 0.0 (− 0.1 to 0.2) | 0.50 | ||
| Ability to find good information | 3.9 (0.5) | 3.8 (0.6) | −0.1 (− 0.0 to 0.2) | 0.30 | − 0.0 (− 0.2 to 0.1) | 0.92 | 0.007 |
| 4.0 (0.4) | 3.8 (0.6) | 0.1 (− 0.0 to 0.2) | 0.20 | 0.0 (− 0.1 to 0.2) | 0.52 | ||
| Navigating the health care system | 3.9 (0.5) | 3.9 (0.6) | 0.0 (−0.1 to 0.1) | 1.00 | −0.0 (− 0.2 to 0.1) | 0.55 | 0.000 |
| 3.9 (0.4) | 3.9 (0.5) | 0.0 (− 0.1 to 0.1) | 0.81 | −0.0 (− 0.2 to 0.1) | 0.72 |
aHow strongly do you agree or disagree (1–4 point scale), b How easy or difficult are the following tasks for you to now cannot do to very easy (1–5 point scale)
CI, confidence interval, treatment effect is mean difference