Figure 2.

Mean HLQ scale scores for patients in different clusters of HL. HLQ, Health Literacy Questionnaire. Part 1: scales 1–5, Part 2: scales 6–9. HLQ scores in Part 1 were denoted as follows: 1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = agree and 4 = strongly agree. HLQ scores in part 2 were denoted as follows: 1 = cannot do, 2 = usually difficult, 3 = sometimes difficult, 4 = usually easy and 5 = always easy. *p‐Value < .01