Table 2.

Distribution of answers to the items of the BHLS scale (%), N = 894.

	Question	Extremely	Quite a Bit	Some-What	A Little Bit	Not at All
1	How confident are you filling out medical forms by yourself?	35.1	53.6	9.3	2.1	0
		All of the time	Most of the time	Some of the time	A little of the time	None of the time
2	How often do you have someone help you read hospital materials?	0	32.0	23.7	33.0	11.3
3	How often do you have problems learning about your medical condition because of difficulty understanding written information?	1.0	9.3	3.1	30.9	22.7