Table 2.

Responses to health literacy items (n = 323)

			Limited health literacy
	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Usually	Always	Total limited
How often do you have problems learning about your medical condition because of difficulty understanding written information	49.2% (159)	26.6% (86)	15.5% (50)	2.8% (9)	5.9% (19)	24.1% (78)
How often do you have someone like a family member, friend, hospital or clinic worker or caregiver help you read health plan materials, such as written information about your health or care you are offered?	61.6% (199)	15.5% (50)	10.8% (35)	4.6% (15)	7.4% (24)	22.9% (74)
	Extremely	Quite a bit	Somewhat	A little bit	Not at all
How confident are you filling out medical forms by yourself?	62.1% (200)	16.8% (54)	11.5% (37)	4.7% (15)	5.0% (16)	21.1% (68)