Table 1.
Patient interviews − participant characteristics
| Clinic interviews (N = 19) |
Home interviews (N = 20) |
Overall (N = 39) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Participant sex | ||||||
| Female | 14 | 74% | 15 | 75% | 29 | 74% |
| Male | 5 | 26% | 5 | 25% | 10 | 26% |
| Participant race/ethnicity | ||||||
| African-American, NH | 11 | 58% | 12 | 60% | 23 | 59% |
| Latina | 1 | 5% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 3% |
| White, NH | 5 | 26% | 8 | 40% | 13 | 33% |
| Not reported | 2 | 11% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 5% |
| Participant age a | ||||||
| Less than 40 years old | – | – | 3 | 15% | 3 | 15% |
| 40−59 years old | – | – | 11 | 55% | 11 | 55% |
| 60 years or older | – | – | 6 | 30% | 6 | 30% |
| REALM-SF score category b | ||||||
| High school | 10 | 56% | 3 | 100% | 13 | 62% |
| Seventh to eighth grade | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Fourth to sixth grade | 5 | 28% | 0 | 0% | 5 | 24% |
| Less than fourth grade | 3 | 17% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 14% |
| Module administration | ||||||
| Assisted | 11 | 58% | 20 | 100% | 31 | 79% |
| Unassisted | 8 | 42% | 0 | 0% | 8 | 21% |
a
Participant age was collected only from patients in the home interview group (n = 20).
b
The REALM-SF was administered only to patients who participated in in-person or videoconference interviews (n = 21). One patient in the clinic interview group was not administered the REALM-SF.
Abbreviations: NH, non-Hispanic; REALM-SF, Rapid Assessment of Adult Literacy in Medicine – Short Form.