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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Community Support Oncol. 2016 Oct;14(10):420–426. doi: 10.12788/jcso.0209

TABLE 3.

Colorectal cancer screening mean attitude scoresa preand post-intervention difference by REALMb health literacy category

Attitude n
(N = 270)		 Health literacy category F P value
REALM 1 REALM 2 REALM 3 REALM 4
Pre-intervention/baseline
 Perceived susceptibility 241 2.56 2.63 2.75 2.83 2.25 0.08
 Salience and coherence 270 1.94 1.81 1.78 1.69 2.36 0.07
 Self-efficacy 267 2.20 2.16 2.19 2.11 0.60 0.61
 Intention 232 1.97 2.00 2.01 1.89 0.95 0.42
 Worries 249 2.40 2.32 2.31 2.26 0.42 0.74
Post-intervention difference from baseline
 Perceived susceptibility 228 −0.12 −0.27 −0.26 −0.23 0.38 0.77
 Salience and coherence 264 0.03 −0.03 −0.01 0.07 1.20 0.31
 Self-efficacy 265 −0.05 −0.10 −0.15 −0.05 1.62 0.18
 Intention 216 0.07 0.05 −0.10 0.03 2.13 0.10
 Worries 232 0.07 0.00 −0.04 −0.01 0.27 0.85
a

Attitude scale: 1 = strongly agree; 2 = agree; 3 = disagree; 4 = strongly disagree.

b

REALM (Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine): REALM 1, 3rd grade or lower reading level; REALM 2, 4th-6th grade; REALM 3, 7th-8th grade; REALM 4, high-school graduate.