Table 1 Nine scales of the Health Literacy Questionnaire [44]

Scales

1. Feeling understood and supported by health care providers (1 = strongly disagree; 4 = strongly agree)

2. Having sufficient information to manage my health (1 = strongly disagree; 4 = strongly agree)

3. Actively managing my health (1 = strongly disagree; 4 = strongly agree)

4. Social support for health (1 = strongly disagree; 4 = strongly agree)

5. Appraisal of health information (1 = strongly disagree; 4 = strongly agree)

6. Ability to actively engage with health care providers (1 = cannot do; 5 = very easy)

7. Navigating the health care system (1 = cannot do; 5 = very easy)

8. Ability to find good health information (1 = cannot do; 5 = very easy)

9. Understand health information enough to know what to do (1 = cannot do; 5 = very easy)