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. 2022 Feb 4;67:1604272. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2022.1604272

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.