TABLE 2.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample and three health literacy groups (patients from 20 dialysis clinics, Slovakia 2018, n = 542).
| Total sample | Low HL group | Moderate HL group | High HL group | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | Difference between HL groups | p-value a |
| Health literacy (total) | 172 (31.7) | 293 (54.1) | 77 (14.2) | |||
| Gender | ns | |||||
| Male gender | 329 (60.7) | 105 (61.0) | 181 (61.8) | 43 (55.8) | ||
| Age | ns | |||||
| >50 years | 444 (81.9) | 147 (85.5) | 237 (80.9) | 60 (77.9) | ||
| Education | ns | |||||
| Lower education | 266 (49.1) | 92 (53.5) | 139 (47.4) | 35 (45.5) | ||
| Marital status b | Low HL group vs. Moderate HL group | 0.004 | ||||
| Without partner | 223 (41.5) | 83 (49.1) | 105 (36.1) | 35 (45.5) | ||
| Living conditions c | Low HL group vs. Moderate HL group | 0.004 | ||||
| Living alone | 94 (17.8) | 42 (25.0) | 41 (14.3) | 11 (14.9) |
a
p-values are for comparison of categories of each variable by health literacy using Pearson’s chi-square test.
b
Missing data = 5.
c
Missing data = 14.