Table 3.
GP HL estimation
| Overall sample | Generalised logit model | Patient’s HL | |||
| Inadequate | Problematic | Adequate | |||
| % (N) | % (N) | % (N) | % (N) | % (N) | |
| GP HL estimation | |||||
| Inadequate | 0.3 (5) | 0.3 (4) | 1.0 (2)ο | 0 (0)∇ | 0.2 (2)∇ ∇ |
| Problematic | 9.5 (139) | 9.5 (130) | 17.9 (36)Δ | 9.4 (28)ο | 7.5 (66)∇ |
| Adequate | 90.2 (1325) | 90.3 (1241) | 81.1 (163)Δ Δ | 90.6 (271)Δ | 92.2 (807)ο |
| Agreement between patients’ HL and GPs’ estimations thereof | |||||
| Overestimation | 34.6 (508) | 34 (470) | 99 (199) | 91 (271) | N/A |
| Equal estimation | 60.7 (891) | 61 (837) | 1 (2) | 9 (28) | 92 (807) |
| Underestimation | 4.7 (70) | 5 (68) | N/A | 0 (0) | 8 (68) |
| Total N | 1469 | 1375 | 201 | 299 | 875 |
GPs estimate HL equal toο or one level lower∇/one level higherΔ or two levels lower∇ ∇/two levels higherΔ Δ than patients’ actual HL.
GP, general practitioner; HL, health literacy.