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Table 2 Scores of participants’ HL, self-efficacy, satisfaction with the health guide and subjective health status n=21

From: The effects of a leaflet-based health guide on health literacy, self-efficacy, and satisfaction among older Japanese-Brazilian adults living in Brazil: A quasi-experimental study

  

mean±SD

p-valuea

Multiple comparison mean difference and p-valueb

2016

2017

T1 vs. T2

T1 vs. T3

T2 vs. T3

Baseline

T1

Post-intervention

(2016): T2

Post-intervention

(2017): T3

HL (n=17)

Functional HL

15.1±5.7

17.0±6.6

12.9±5.6

0.22

   

Communicative HL

17.8±6.5

19.4±6.3

16.2±6.0

0.17

   

Critical HL

12.5±4.9

13.4±5.1

11.8±4.0

0.40

   

Total HL

45.4±13.1

49.8±12.8

40.9±12.0

0.12

   

Self-efficacy (n=18)

30.4±7.3

30.3±7.4

28.1±7.1

0.28

   

Satisfaction

with health guide (n=20)

86.7±20.4

92.5±12.2

76.2±21.9

< 0.01*

5.8 (T2-T1)

p=0.26

−10.5 (T3-T1)

p=0.14

−16.3 (T3-T2)

p=0.01*

with subjective health status (n=19)

69.6±24.2

78.5±21.1

58.0±31.1

0.02*

8.9 (T2-T1)

p=0.33

−11.6 (T3-T1)

p=0.25

−20.5 (T3-T2)

p=0.06

  1. arepeated-measures ANOVA bMultiple comparison by Bonferroni procedure (adjusted p-value)
  2. *p< 0.05