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Table 4 Baseline health literacy

From: Does health literacy affect patients’ receipt of preventative primary care? A multilevel analysis

Health literacy domain

Mean (SD)

% with insufficient HL (<4, that is, having moderate, or extreme difficulty, or completely unable)

Patient attitudes towards health

3.97 (0.78)

41.0

Understanding health information

4.91 (0.33)

1.4

Social Support

4.58 (0.80)

13.8

Socioeconomic considerations

4.78 (0.53)

5.9

Accessing general practitioner healthcare services

4.99 (0.11)

0.3

Communication with health professionals

4.87 (0.39)

2.7

Being proactive

4.64 (0.72)

10.3

Using health information

4.87 (0.34)

2.3