Table A2.
Factors associated with the probability of having a low level of health literacy (Brief Health Literacy Screening score ≤9) for acute decompensated heart failure patients
| Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude OR | 95% CI | P value | Adj.OR | 95% CI | P value | |
| Women | 1.38 | 0.64; 3.01 | 0.415 | 0.29 | 0.05; 1.25 | 0.112 |
| Age | 1.00 | 0.97; 1.02 | 0.849 | 0.99 | 0.92; 1.06 | 0.805 |
| Education level | ||||||
| No school | 2.38 | 0.67; 9.01 | 0.182 | 0.53 | 0.07; 3.52 | 0.517 |
| Primary or secondary | 0.78 | 0.21; 3.08 | 0.718 | 0.41 | 0.06; 2.91 | 0.365 |
| Middle or university | Ref. | Ref. | ||||
| Native language | 0.269 | |||||
| French | Ref. | Ref. | ||||
| Other than French | 5.27 | 2.04; 8.10 | 24.32 | 4.20; 230.45 | 0.001 | |
| Marital situation | 0.072 | |||||
| Single | Ref. | Ref. | ||||
| In couple | 2.06 | 0.94; 4.59 | 18.23 | 3.48; 140.49 | 0.002 | |
| Professional status | ||||||
| Unemployed | Ref. | Ref. | ||||
| Employed | 1.46 | 0.26; 8.51 | 0.665 | 9.04 | 0.54; 197.83 | 0.136 |
| Retired | 1.22 | 0.38; 4.09 | 0.736 | 0.95 | 0.05; 15.25 | 0.974 |
| Obesity | 1.27 | 0.56; 2.90 | 0.564 | 0.57 | 0.15; 2.08 | 0.395 |
| Physical activity | 0.002 | |||||
| Low | Ref. | Ref. | ||||
| Moderate | 3.60 | 1.11; 14.07 | 0.043 | 1.03 | 0.13; 8.46 | 0.978 |
| High | 3.02 | 0.76; 13.88 | 0.129 | 0.83 | 0.08; 8.31 | 0.866 |
| Atrial fibrillation | 1.15 | 0.53; 2.52 | 0.726 | 2.99 | 0.82; 12.44 | 0.110 |
| Hypertension | 1.77 | 0.81; 3.93 | 0.154 | 1.06 | 0.28; 3.84 | 0.930 |
| Dyslipidaemia | 0.34 | 0.14; 0.81 | 0.018 | 0.09 | 0.01; 0.43 | 0.005 |
| Length of stay | 0.98 | 0.90; 1.08 | 0.743 | 0.84 | 0.71; 0.97 | 0.023 |
| First hospitalization for ADHF | 1.33 | 0.56; 3.19 | 0.512 | 1.54 | 0.34; 7.44 | 0.575 |
Abbreviations: ADHF, acute decompensated heart failure; Adj, adjusted; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.