From: Does health literacy affect patients’ receipt of preventative primary care? A multilevel analysis
Physical activity risk; n = 715 | Diet risk; n = 711 | Alcohol risk; n = 712 | Weight risk; n = 690 | Given advice on lifestyle changes; n = 726 | Referred to lifestyle programs; n = 726 | Attended referral to lifestyle programs; n = 726 | |
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n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Patients with insufficient health literacy; n = 351 | 218 (63.0) | 284 (82.8) | 100 (28.9) | 222 (67.1) | 71 (20.2) | 27 (7.7) | 35 (10.0) |
Patients with sufficient health literacy; n = 375 | 179 (48.5) | 286 (77.7) | 85 (23.2) | 185 (51.5) | 43 (11.5) | 10 (2.7) | 13 (3.5) |
Odds Ratio (Patients with sufficient health literacy as reference category) | 1.81 (1.34 to 2.43) | 1.38 (0.95 to 2.01) | 1.61 (0.84 to 3.09) | 1.86 (1.36 to 2.54) | 1.98 (1.32 to 2.98) | 2.86 (1.36 to 6.04) | 2.93 (1.51 to 5.69) |
P-value | <0.001 | 0.088 | 0.150 | < 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.006 | 0.002 |