Table 1.
Demographic clinical characteristics of Ischemic heart disease (IHD) patient according to health literacy
| Characteristics | Health literacy, n = 251 | p values | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inadequate, n = 176 | Adequate, n = 75 | ||||
| Frequency (%) | Average score ± SD | Frequency (%) | Average score ± SD | ||
| Age (years) | |||||
| < 65 | 128 (72.7) | 11.98 ± 10.44 | 58 (77.3) | 48.71 ± 8.89 | 0.446 |
| > 65 | 48 (27.3) | 11.48 ± 10.74 | 17 (22.7) | 49.18 ± 9.61 | |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 98 (55.7) | 14.90 ± 11.32 | 59 (78.7) | 49.22 ± 8.77 | 0.001** |
| Female | 78 (44.3) | 8.01 ± 7.88 | 16 (21.3) | 47.31 ± 9.93 | |
| Residence area | |||||
| Urban | 154 (87.5) | 12.39 ± 10.64 | 67 (89.3) | 49.27 ± 9.07 | 0.682 |
| Rural | 22 (12.5) | 8.05 ± 8.66 | 8 (10.7) | 45.00 ± 7.82 | |
| Educational status | |||||
| No—primary education | 160 (90.9) | 10.09 ± 9.178 | 19 (25.3) | 44.53 ± 7.14 | 0.0001** |
| Secondary—higher education | 16 (19.1) | 29.37 ± 5.60 | 56 (74.7) | 50.27 ± 9.14 | |
| Social status | |||||
| Upper | 4 (2.3) | 23 ± 15.47 | 6 (8) | 51.17 ± 10.98 | 0.0001** |
| Middle | 25 (14.2) | 19.72 ± 10.69 | 38 (50.7) | 50.47 ± 8.89 | |
| Lower | 147 (83.5) | 10.2 ± 9.57 | 31 (41.3) | 46.32 ± 8.41 | |
| Employment status | |||||
| Employed full or part time | 34 (19.3) | 15.38 ± 11.00 | 27 (36.0) | 50.00 ± 8.88 | 0.005* |
| Unemployed | 142 (80.7) | 11.00 ± 10.22 | 48 (64.0) | 48.15 ± 9.08 | |
| Type of ischemic condition | |||||
| Angina | 35 (19.9) | 12.34 ± 10.11 | 17 (22.7) | 45.00 ± 8.53 | 0.619 |
| Myocardial Infarction | 141 (80.1) | 11.72 ± 10.62 | 58 (77.3) | 49.93 ± 8.88 | |
| History of revascularization | |||||
| Yes | 43 (24.4) | 14.05 ± 12.02 | 38 (50.7) | 49.61 ± 8.38 | 0.0001** |
| No | 133 (75.6) | 11.14 ± 9.90 | 37 (49.3) | 48.00 ± 9.63 | |
| Time since first ischemic episodes (years) | |||||
| ≤ 5 | 135 (76.7) | 12.30 ± 10.6 | 57 (76.0) | 49.09 ± 8.84 | 0.904 |
| > 5 | 41 (23.3) | 10.34 ± 10.10 | 18 (24.0) | 47.94 ± 9.67 | |
| Number of other CVD conditions | |||||
| 0 | 161 (91.5) | 11.98 ± 10.59 | 69 (92.0) | 49.45 ± 9.04 | 0.891 |
| ≥ 1 | 15 (8.5) | 10.40 ± 9.58 | 6 (8.0) | 41.50 ± 4.04 | |
| Number of CVD risk factors | |||||
| 0–1 | 58 (33.0) | 15.76 ± 11.61 | 24 (32.0) | 48.75 ± 8.86 | |
| 2 | 57 (32.4) | 9.65 ± 9.43 | 28 (37.3) | 48.14 ± 8.53 | 0.724 |
| ≥ 3 | 61 (34.7) | 10.18 ± 9.37 | 23 (30.7) | 49.70 ± 9.97 | |
| Medication adherence | |||||
| Adherent | 136 (77.3) | 12.16 ± 10.14 | 63 (84) | 49.06 ± 8.91 | 0.229 |
| Non-adherent | 40 (22.7) | 10.78 ± 11.68 | 12 (16) | 47.50 ± 9.72 | |
p values were estimated based on differences in frequency distribution
CVD = cardiovascular disease. Health Literacy (HL)Scores; Inadequate = 0–34, Adequate = 35–64, SD; standard deviation
*p ≤ 0.05–0.002, **≤ 0.001–0.0001