Table 2.
General and domain-specific HL index and level (N = 161).
| HL | Mean (SD) | Inadequate N (%) |
Problematic N (%) |
Sufficient N (%) |
Excellent N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General health literacy | 30.83 (9.82) | 37 (23.0) | 56 (34.8) | 47 (29.2) | 21 (13.0) |
| Health care | 31.16 (8.52) | 35 (21.7) | 53 (32.9) | 60 (37.3) | 13 (8.1) |
| Disease prevention | 31.43 (11.21) | 30 (18.6) | 54 (33.5) | 46 (28.6) | 31 (19.3) |
| Health promotion | 29.94 (11.42) | 45 (28.0) | 43 (26.7) | 52 (32.3) | 21 (13.1) |
Abbreviations: HL, health literacy; SD, standard deviation. Scores (under each level) of all participants’ HL items are in parentheses.