Table 4.
Comparison of total mean scores of health literacy and its dimensions between the elderly people with different jobs
Dimensions of health literacy | Unemployed | Employed | Retired | P | |||
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Total score | 37.3 | 20.2 | 49.4 | 17.7 | 64.4 | 21.04 | <0.001 |
Access | 40.2 | 22.5 | 52.9 | 22.7 | 68.7 | 23.5 | <0.001 |
Reading skill | 20.6 | 14.1 | 29.2 | 14.7 | 45.8 | 22.5 | <0.001 |
Comprehension | 37.1 | 23.3 | 51.1 | 22.3 | 66.8 | 21.8 | <0.001 |
Evaluation | 33.9 | 23.3 | 43.4 | 22.9 | 64.2 | 25.9 | <0.001 |
Decision-making and information application | 41.1 | 20.6 | 54.5 | 16.9 | 66.9 | 19.7 | <0.001 |
SD=Standard deviation