Impact of communicative and critical health literacy on understanding of diabetes care and self-efficacy in diabetes management: a cross-sectional study of primary care in Japan

Table 2 Correlations among health literacy and patient–physician communication

		Correlation coefficients
	Mean ± SD	Functional HL	Communicative HL	Critical HL	Clarity of the physician’s explanation
HL
Functional HL	3.36 ± 0.58	1	0.074	−0.048	0.035
Communicative HL	2.65 ± 0.68		1	0.752†	0.231†
Critical HL	2.28 ± 0.59			1	0.055
Clarity of the physician’s explanation	5.72 ± 1.04				1

Pearson’s correlation coefficients are shown. *p < 0.05; †p < 0.01. The score range was 1–4 for HL and 1–7 for the clarity of the physician’s explanation.
HL: health literacy.

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