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Table 4 Match (step 1: patient score + narrative); concordance, discordance and unclear (step 2: patient and clinician score + narrative)

From: The Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) at the patient-clinician interface: a qualitative study of what patients and clinicians mean by their HLQ scores

HLQ scale

Patient-clinician dyads per scale (N)

Items per scale

Total patient-clinician item-response pairs

N (%) Match (step 1)

N (%) Concordance (step 2)

N (%) Discordance (step 2)

N (%) Unclear (step 2)

1. Feeling understood and supported by healthcare providers

9

6

54

51 (94%)

43 (80%)

8 (15%)

3 (5%)

2. Having sufficient information to manage my health

9

7

63

62 (98%)

38 (60%)

24 (38%)

1 (2%)

3. Actively managing my health

9

5

45

41 (91%)

31 (69%)

10 (22%)

4 (9%)

4. Social support for health

7

5

35

35 (100%)

17 (49%)

17 (49%)

1 (3%)

5. Appraisal of health information

7

6

42

41 (98%)

28 (67%)

10 (24%)

4 (10%)

6. Ability to actively engage with healthcare providers

9

5

45

45 (100%)

19 (42%)

25 (56%)

1 (2%)

7. Navigating the healthcare system

9

6

54

48 (89%)

32 (59%)

14 (26%)

8 (15%)

8. Ability to find good health information

7

5

35

30 (86%)

15 (43%)

12 (34%)

8 (23%)

9. Understand health information well enough to know what to do

7

5

35

34 (97%)

14 (40%)

13 (37%)

8 (23%)