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Table 2 Proportion of respondents with non-good experiences of the communication quality and the usefulness of the health examinationa

From: Health literacy and refugees’ experiences of the health examination for asylum seekers – a Swedish cross-sectional study

 

Total study population

Comprehensive health literacyab

 

Respondents/ response category

Inadequate

Problematic

Sufficient

p-value

Response categories

Number (%)

199 Number (%)

141 Number (%)

115 Number (%)

 

Understood what was being told (n= 329)

    

<0.001 c

 No

20 (6.1)

16 (11.9)

3 (2.9)

1 (1.1)

 

 Partly

69 (21.0)

34 (25.2)

18 (17.5)

17 (18.2)

 

 Yes

240 (72.9)

85 (63.0)

82 (79.5)

73(80.2)

 

Could talk about health problems (n= 321)

    

<0.001 c

 No

49 (15.3)

32 (24.1)

12 (12.2)

5 (5.6)

 

 Partly

22 (6.9)

16 (12.0)

4 (4.1)

2 (2.2)

 

 Yes

250 (77.9)

85 (63.9)

82 (83.7)

83 (92.2)

 

Could ask questions (n= 318)

    

<0.001 c

 No

55 (17.3)

33 (26.2)

12 (12.0)

10 (10.9)

 

 Partly

53 (16.7)

28 (22.2)

16 (16.0)

9 (9.8)

 

 Yes

210 (66.0)

65 (51.6)

72 (72.0)

73 (79.3)

 

Received answers to questions asked (n= 299)

    

<0.001 c

 No

52 (17.4)

31 (26.3)

10 (11.0)

11 (12.2)

 

 Partly

54 (18.1)

30 (25.4)

19 (20.9)

5 (5.6)

 

 Yes

193 (64.5)

57 (48.3)

62 (68.1)

74 (82.2)

 

Quality of communication (n= 275)

     

 Low quality

100 (27.8)

60 (56.6)

25 (28.7)

15 (18.3)

<0.001 c

 High quality

175 (63.6)

46 (43.3)

62 (71.3)

67 (8.7)

 

Received information about

     

… asylum seekers’ rights to health (n= 306)

     

 No

137 (44.8)

78 (61.4)

40 (44.0)

19 (21.6)

<0.001 c

 Yes

169 (55.2)

49 (38.6)

51 (56.0)

69 (78.4)

 

…where to go if one becomes sick in Sweden (n= 324)

     

 No

76 (23.5)

49 (36.6)

14 (14.3)

13 (14.1)

<0.001 c

 Yes

248 (76.5)

85 (63.4)

84 (85.7)

79 (85.9)

 

…where to go in Sweden if one feels mentally unwell (n= 306)

     

 No

169 (55.2)

85 (70.2)

52 (53.1)

32 (36.8)

<0.001 c

 Yes

137 (44.8)

36 (29.8)

46 (46.9)

55 (63.2)

 

Received little health care information (n= 206)

     

Little

113 (31.4)

67 (63.2)

30 (37.0)

16 (20.3)

<0.001 c

Much

153 (57.5)

39 (36.8)

51 (63.0)

63 (79.7)

 

Received new knowledge (n= 301)

    

<0.001 c

 No

124 (34.4)

73 (60.8)

35 (36.5)

16 (18.8)

 

 Partly

63 (20.9)

21 (17.5)

24 (25.0)

18 (21.2)

 

 Yes

114 (37.9)

26 (21.7)

37 (38.5)

51 (60.0)

 

Received help (n= 316)

    

<0.001 c

 No

83 (23.1)

52(41.3)

22 (21.8)

9 (10.1)

 

 Partly

99 (31.3)

44 (34.9)

36 (35.6)

19 (21.2)

 

 Yes

134 (42.4)

30 (23.8)

43 (42.6)

61(68.5)

 
  1. aMissing data not included
  2. bModified CHL value
  3. cChi square test; n (%) = number and proportions of participants; significant differences p < 0. 05 are printed in bold