Towards a comprehensive, person-centred assessment of health literacy: translation, cultural adaptation and psychometric test of the Dutch Health Literacy Questionnaire

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of sample of people with chronic illness (n = 1993)

		Percent
Sex	Male	47.1
Sex	Female	52.9
		Mean (sd)
Age in years		63.2 (13.8)
		Percent
Age in years	15 t/m 64	46.9
	65 t/m 74	33.1
	75 and older	20.0
Education	Low	31.8
	Intermediate	43.3
	High	25.0
Living situation	Living alone	24.5
Living situation	Living together	75.5
First diagnosed chronic disease	Cardiovascular disease	14.2
	Respiratory disease	33.9
	Musculoskeletal disease	9.4
	Cancer	13.5
	Diabetes	10.0
	Neurological disease	4.5
	Digestive disease	3.7
	Unspecified other disease	10.8
Presence and number of chronic illnesses	1	46.8
	2	30.7
	3 or more	22.5
		Mean (sd)
Illness duration in years		12.8 (9.9)

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