Table 3 Correlation analysis between the validity criterion and the score of the HLQ
From: The health literacy questionnaire among the aged in Changsha, China: confirmatory factor analysis
Scales | correlation coefficient | P |
|---|---|---|
Total score of the HLQ | 0.129 | 0.011 |
1. Feeling understood and supported by healthcare providers | 0.191 | 0.000 |
2. Having sufficient information to manage my health | 0.159 | 0.002 |
3. Actively managing my health | 0.113 | 0.026 |
4. Social support for health | 0.122 | 0.016 |
5. Appraisal of health information | 0.112 | 0.027 |
6. Ability to actively engage with healthcare providers | 0.164 | 0.001 |
7. Navigating the healthcare system | 0.100 | 0.048 |
8. Ability to find good health information | 0.112 | 0.028 |
9. Understand health information well enough to know what to do | 0.130 | 0.010 |