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Table 5 Health literacy status of patients and their risk factors after adjustment for cluster effect

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

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

  1. P-values after adjustment for clustering using multilevel analysis.
  2. % was reported for patients with insufficient and sufficient health literacy.