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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 2.
Published in final edited form as: Nurs Res. 2020 May-Jun;69(3):210–218. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000409

TABLE 2.

Health Literacy Scores Over Time

Instrument Baseline Month 3 Month 6 Month 12
REALM (0–66), mean (SE) 32.1 (1.5) 33.9 (1.5) 34.4(1.6) 36.1 (1.6)
 Intervention (I) 34.2 (2.1) 38.2 (2.1) 38.5 (2.1) 40.5 (2.2)
 Control (C) 30.0(2.1) 29.6 (2.1) 30.3 (2.1) 31.5(2.2)
 Diff (I - C) 4.2 (3.0) 8.6 (3.0) ** 8.2 (3.1) ** 9.0 (3.1) **
 Changes from baseline
 Intervention (I) 4.0(1.1) *** 4.3 (1.1) *** 6.3 (1.1) ***
 Control (C) −0.5 (1.1) 0.3 (1.1) 1.5 (1.1)
 Diff (I - C) 4.5 (1.5) ** 4.0 (1.5) ** 4.8(1.5) ***
DM-REALM (0–82), mean (SE) 51.3(1.7) 55.5 (1.7) 55.5(1.7) 56.9(1.8)
 Intervention (I) 54.2 (2.1) 61.3 (2.2) 61.6 (2.1) 62.9(2.1)
 Control (C) 48.4 (2.5) 49.6 (2.6) 49.4 (2.6) 50.8 (2.7)
 Diff (I - C) 5.7 (3.3) 11.7(3.4) *** 12.1 (3.4) *** 12.1(3.4) ***
 Changes from baseline
 Intervention (I) 7.2 (1.5) *** 7.5 (1.5) *** 8.4(1.5) ***
 Control (C) 1.2 (1.1) 1.0 (1.1) 2.4 (1.1) *
 Diff (I - C) 6.0 (1.5) *** 6.4 (1.5) *** 6.4(1.5) ***
COMP (0–28), mean (SE) 15.3 (0.6) 17.9 (0.6) 18.2 (0.6) 18.7 (0.6)
 Intervention (I) 16.5 (0.9) 20.8 (0.8) 20.9 (0.8) 21.3 (0.8)
 Control (C) 14.2 (0.9) 14.9 (0.9) 15.5 (0.9) 16.1 (0.9)
 Diff (I - C) 2.3 (1.3) 5.9 (1.2) 5.4 (1.2) 5.1 (1.2)
 Changes from baseline
 Intervention (I) 4.3 (0.4) *** 4.4 (0.4) *** 4.8 (0.4) ***
 Control (C) 0.7 (0.4) 1.3 (0.4) ** 1.9 (0.4) ***
 Diff (I - C) 3.7 (0.6) *** 3.2 (0.6) *** 2.9 (0.6) ***
TOFHLA (0–7), mean (SE) 4.2 (0.3) 4.4 (0.2) 4.4 (0.2) 4.7 (0.3)
 Intervention (I) 4.3 (0.3) 4.8 (0.2) 4.6 (0.2) 4.9 (0.2)
 Control (C) 4.1 (0.4) 4.0 (0.2) 4.1 (0.3) 4.4 (0.3)
 Diff (I - C) 0.2 (0.5) 0.8 (0.3) * 0.5 (0.3) 0.5 (0.3)
 Changes from baseline
 Intervention (I) 0.5 (0.2) * 0.3 (0.2) 0.7 (0.2) **
 Control (C) −0.1 (0.2) −0.0 (0.2) 0.3 (0.2)
 Diff (I - C) 0.6 (0.3) * 0.4 (0.3) 0.4 (0.3)
NVS (0–6), mean (SE) 1.7 (0.1) 2.0 (0.1) 2.3 (0.1) 2.7 (0.2)
 Intervention (I) 1.7 (0.2) 2.4 (0.2) 2.6 (0.2) 3.1 (0.2)
 Control (C) 1.7 (0.2) 1.6 (0.2) 2.0 (0.2) 2.4 (0.2)
 Diff (I - C) 0.0 (0.2) 0.8 (0.3) ** 0.6 (0.3) * 0.7 (0.3) *
 Changes from baseline
 Intervention (I) 0.6 (0.2) ** 0.9 (0.2) *** 1.3 (0.2) ***
 Control (C) −0.1 (0.2) 0.3 (0.2) 0.6 (0.2) *
 Diff (I - C) 0.7 (0.3) * 0.6 (0.3) * 0.7 (0.3) *