The association between quality of life(QOL) and health literacy among junior middle school students: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Multivariate linear regression models predicting QOL (total and subscale) scores for the entire sample

HL levels	QOL total score		Physiological well-being		Mental well-being		Social well-being		Pubertal well-being
HL levels	b(SE)	P-Value	b(SE)	P-Value	b(SE)	P-Value	b(SE)	P-Value	b(SE)	P-Value
Low	−9.8 (1.9)	< 0.0001	−1.7 (0.6)	0.0032	−2.3 (0.8)	0.0028	−4.1 (0.8)	< 0.0001	−1.7 (0.4)	< 0.0001
Medium	−5.1 (1.1)	< 0.0001	−1.0 (0.3)	0.0028	−1.1 (0.5)	0.0188	−2.0 (0.5)	< 0.0001	−0.9 (0.2)	< 0.0001
High	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.

HL The short test of health literacy, QOL The short test of quality of life
Multiple linear regression models with QOL scores as the dependent variable, health literacy levels as the independent variable, and sex, grade, place of residence, mother’s education level, household income, family relationship, and student’s perception of school achievement as covariates

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