A cross-sectional analysis of health literacy: patient- versus family doctor-reported and associations with self-efficacy and chronic disease

Table 4 Comparison of Mean HL Scores

Full analysis		Mean difference score	p
HLS-Score patient (12.44)		1.42	<0.001
HLS-Score family doctor (11.01)		1.42	<0.001
Stratified analyses
Patient characteristics
Age	> 60	2.75	0.001**
Age	≤ 60	0.23	0.001**
Gender	Male	2.38	0.032*
Gender	Female	0.75	0.032*
Migration background	Yes	1.47	0.976
Migration background	No	1.50	0.976
Number of chronic diseases	≤1	-0.01	0.007**
Number of chronic diseases	>1	2.11	0.007**
Family doctor characteristics
Gender	Male	1.38	0.849
Gender	Female	1.53	0.849

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