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. 2021 Jul 27;16(7):e0255349. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255349

Fig 1. Median of normalized health literacy scores of each scale as assessed by HLQ.

Fig 1

Higher scores indicate higher health literacy levels (error bars ≙ ranges). (HLQ: health literacy questionnaire; Scale 1: Feeling understood and supported by healthcare providers (HPS); scale 2: Having sufficient information to manage my health (HIS); scale 3: Actively managing my health (AMH); scale 4: Social support for health (SS); scale 5: Appraisal of health information (CA); scale 6: Ability to actively engage with healthcare providers (AE); scale 7: Navigating the healthcare system (NHS); scale 8: Ability to find good health information (FHI); scale 9: Understand health information well enough to know what to do (UHI)).