TABLE 5.
Component loadings of the health literacy scale, after Oblimin rotation (n = 1622). Functional Collaboration Model between Public Research Organizations and the Economic Environment for the Delivery of High-level Scientific and Technological Services in Bioeconomy Project, Romania, 2018-2021.
| Components | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1. Find information on treatments of illnesses that concern you? | 0.664 | |||
| 2. Find out where to get professional help when you are ill? | 0.769 | |||
| 3. Understand what your doctor says to you? | 0.803 | |||
| 4. Understand your doctor’s or pharmacist’s instruction on how to take a prescribed medicine? | 0.724 | |||
| 5. Judge when you may need to get a second opinion from another doctor? | 0.373 | |||
| 6. Use information the doctor gives you to make decisions about your illness? | 0.625 | |||
| 7. Follow instructions from your doctor or pharmacist? | 0.625 | |||
| 12. Decide how you can protect yourself from illness based on information in the media? | 0.807 | |||
| 15. Understand information in the media on how to get healthier? | 0.756 | |||
| 11. Judge if the information on health risks in the media is reliable? | 0.692 | |||
| 8. Find information on how to manage mental health problems like stress or depression? | −0.932 | |||
| 13. Find out about activities that are good for your mental well-being? | −0.931 | |||
| 9. Understand health warnings about behavior such as smoking, low physical activity and drinking too much? | −0.607 | |||
| 10. Understand why you need health screenings? | −0.641 | |||
| 14. Understand advice on health from family members or friends? | −0.587 | |||
| 16. Judge which everyday behavior is related to your health? | −0.673 | |||
SWEETCONOMY Project, Romania, 2018–2021.