Distribution of health literacy strengths and weaknesses across socio-demographic groups: a cross-sectional survey using the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ)

Table 2 Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) scores for overall sample

	Mean (SD) [95 % CI]	Missing data (n)
HLQ scale
	Range 1 (lowest) -4 (highest)
1. Feeling understood and supported by healthcare professionals	3.21 (0.54) [3.17, 3.25]	2
2. Having sufficient information to manage my health	2.98 (0.54) [2.94, 3.01]	3
3. Actively managing my health	3.02 (0.50) [2.99, 3.06]	4
4. Social support for health	3.03 (0.55) [2.99, 3.07]	3
5. Appraisal of health information	2.78 (0.54) [2.75, 2.82]	7
	Range 1 (lowest) -5 (highest)
6. Ability to actively engage with healthcare professionals	3.97 (0.69) [3.92, 4.02]	15
7. Navigating the healthcare system	3.82 (0.67) [3.78, 3.87]	12
8. Ability to find good health information	3.65 (0.75) [3.60, 3.71]	15
9. Understand health information enough to know what to do	3.85 (0.74) [3.81, 3.91]	13

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