TABLE 1.
HLQ mean scores of patients in three health literacy groups (hierarchical cluster analysis, patients from 20 dialysis clinics, Slovakia 2018, n = 542).
| Low HL group | Moderate HL group | High HL group | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95% CI | 95% CI | 95% CI | |||||||
| HLQ domain | M | Lower | Upper | M | Lower | Upper | M | Lower | Upper |
| Feeling understood and supported by health care providers a | 2.94 | 2.87 | 3.00 | 3.21 | 3.17 | 3.25 | 3.89 | 3.85 | 3.94 |
| Having sufficient information to manage my health a | 2.76 | 2.70 | 2.82 | 3.15 | 3.12 | 3.18 | 3.83 | 3.77 | 3.89 |
| Actively managing my health a | 2.77 | 2.71 | 2.83 | 3.08 | 3.05 | 3.12 | 3.66 | 3.58 | 3.74 |
| Social support for health a | 2.91 | 2.85 | 2.98 | 3.25 | 3.21 | 3.29 | 3.83 | 3.78 | 3.89 |
| Appraisal of health information a | 2.55 | 2.47 | 2.63 | 3.00 | 2.96 | 3.04 | 3.33 | 3.19 | 3.47 |
| Ability to actively engage with health care providers b | 3.32 | 3.23 | 3.42 | 4.01 | 3.97 | 4.06 | 4.75 | 4.69 | 4.82 |
| Navigating the health care system b | 3.04 | 2.95 | 3.14 | 3.86 | 3.81 | 3.91 | 4.58 | 4.48 | 4.67 |
| Ability to find good health information b | 3.15 | 3.06 | 3.24 | 3.91 | 3.86 | 3.97 | 4.63 | 4.56 | 4.70 |
| Understand health information well enough to know what to do b | 3.26 | 3.16 | 3.35 | 3.95 | 3.90 | 4.00 | 4.52 | 4.45 | 4.60 |
a
Mean score ranges from 1 to 4.
b
Mean score ranges from 1 to 5.