Table 1.
Characteristics of the sample: gender, age, and socioeconomic status (SES); measures of non-adherence and health literacy (HL); frequencies or means (n = 542 patients from 20 dialysis clinics in Slovakia interviewed in 2018).
| Sociodemographic Data | n | % | M | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male gender | 329 | 60.7 | ||
| Age | 63.58 | 14.12 | ||
| Socioeconomic status 1 | 5.16 | 1.88 | ||
| Non-adherence | ||||
| High serum phosphate level | 152 | 28.4 | ||
| High serum potassium level | 116 | 21.7 | ||
| Relative overhydration | 169 | 32.3 | ||
| Diet non-adherence | 229 | 43.3 | ||
| Fluid intake non-adherence | 203 | 38.4 | ||
| Health literacy | ||||
| HLQ1—Feeling understood and supported by healthcare provider 2 | 3.22 | 0.46 | ||
| HLQ2—Having sufficient information to manage health 2 | 3.12 | 0.46 | ||
| HLQ3—Actively managing my health 2 | 3.06 | 0.44 | ||
| HLQ4—Social support for health 2 | 3.23 | 0.47 | ||
| HLQ5—Appraisal of health information 2 | 2.90 | 0.53 | ||
| HLQ6—Ability to actively engage with healthcare providers 3 | 3.90 | 0.67 | ||
| HLQ7—Navigating the healthcare system 3 | 3.70 | 0.72 | ||
| HLQ8—Ability to find good health information 3 | 3.77 | 0.70 | ||
| HLQ9—Understand health information well enough to know what to do 3 | 3.80 | 0.65 |
1 The range of score is 0–10 (the lowest SES–the highest SES); 2 The range of mean score 1–4; 3 The range of mean score 1–5.