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Table 2 Health literacy by health domains and health competences (N = 8455)

From: Associations of health literacy with socioeconomic position, health risk behavior, and health status: a large national population-based survey among Danish adults

 

Items

Missings

Mean (SD)

Mean per item (SD)

Median (Q1, Q3)

Median per item (Q1, Q3)

Health domains

 Healthcare

7

260

22,21 (3,10)

3,17 (0,44)

22.00 (20.00, 24.00)

3.15 (2.86, 3.43)

 Disease prevention

5

181

14,34 (2,47)

2,87 (0,49)

14.00 (13.00, 16.00)

2.80 (2.60, 3.20)

 Health promotion

4

88

12,13 (1,97)

3,03 (0,49)

12.00 (11.00, 13.00)

3.00 (2.75, 3.25)

Health competences

 Accessing

4

85

12,67 (1,84)

3,17 (0,46)

13.00 (12.00, 14.00)

3.25 (3.00, 3.5.0)

 Understanding

6

267

15,29 (2,32)

3,06 (0,46)

15.00 (14.00, 17.00)

3.00 (2.80, 3.40)

 Appraising

3

135

8,41 (1,59)

2,80 (0,53)

8.00 (7.00, 9.00)

2.67 (2.33, 3,00)

 Applying

3

36

9,21 (1,32)

3,07 (0,44)

9.00 (8.00, 10.00)

3.00 (2.67, 3.33)

  1. Health literacy by health domains and health competences of Danish residents aged 25 years or older in 2016 and 2017. Data are presented as medians with 25th (Q1) and 75th (Q3) percentiles and means with standard deviations (SD)