Effects of patient health literacy, patient engagement and a system-level health literacy attribute on patient-reported outcomes: a representative statewide survey

Table 1 Characteristics of statewide sample of adult Missouri residents (N = 3358)

Variable	N	%
Health status
Excellent	510	15.2
Very good	1143	34.1
Good	1061	31.6
Fair	464	13.9
Poor	175	5.2
Number of chronic diseases
0	1304	38.9
1	919	27.4
2–3	994	29.6
4–6	138	4.1
Have personal doctor	2564	76.5
Last doctor visit less than 12 months ago	2871	85.5
Have private or public health insurance	2736	81.8
Female	1745	52.0
Educational attainment
Less than high school	395	11.8
High school/GED	1005	30.0
Some college/Technical degree	1204	35.9
College degree or higher	748	22.3
Race/ethnicity
White	2844	84.8
Black/African American	373	11.1
Hispanic/Latino	28	0.8
Asian American	39	0.2
American Indian/Alaska Native	47	1.4
Other	22	0.7
Health literacy^*
Not at all confident	172	5.3
Somewhat confident	1272	38.2
Extremely confident	1885	56.6
	M	SD
Age	47	17.9

*Health literacy was assessed using the screener item “How confident are you filling out medical forms by yourself?”³⁴.

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