Table 4.
Influence of patient’s education level on their perception of the patient’s role.
| Patients (n = 506) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Educational Level | Primary School (Gr. 1) n = 43 N (%) |
Secondary School (Gr. 2) n = 101 N (%) |
Vocational School (Gr. 3) n = 139 N (%) |
Grammar School (Gr. 4) n = 131 N (%) |
University (Gr. 5) n = 87 N (%) |
p-Value | Post Hoc Test |
| Health literacy (+) † | 6 (14) | 35 (34) | 50 (36) | 54 (41) | 44 (51) | <0.001 | Gr.1:Gr.4 **, Gr.1:Gr.5 **, Gr.2:Gr.5 **, Gr.3:Gr.5 **, Gr.4:Gr.5 ** |
| Compliance (+) | 25 (57) | 50 (49) | 78 (56) | 76 (58) | 59 (69) | <0.001 | Gr.2:Gr.5 **, Gr.3:Gr.5 **, Gr.4:Gr.5 ** |
| Inform on psychosocial issues (+) |
14 (32) | 21 (21) | 25 (18) | 48 (37) | 41 (48) | <0.001 | Gr.2:Gr.4 **, Gr.2:Gr.5 **, Gr.3:Gr.4 **, Gr.3:Gr.5 **, Gr.4:Gr.5 ** |
| Asking for clarification (+) | 19 (45) | 52 (51) | 58 (42) | 82 (63) | 68 (78) | <0.001 | Gr.1:Gr.4 *, Gr.1:Gr.5 **, Gr.2:Gr.3 ** Gr.2:Gr.4 **, Gr.2:Gr.5 **, Gr.3:Gr.4 ** Gr.3:Gr.5 **, Gr.4:Gr.5 ** |
† (+), “very important”, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01. Abbreviations: yr, years; Gr., group.