From: Estimation of health literacy levels in patients with cardiovascular diseases in a Gulf country
Category | Group | Health Literacy Levels | Total | p Value | ||||||||
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Inadequate | Marginal | Adequate | Â | |||||||||
n. | % | CI | n | % | CI | n. | % | CI | n | |||
Gender | Male | 21 | 12.9 | 7.8–18.0 | 132 | 81 | 75.0–87.0 | 10 | 6.1 | 2.4–9.8 | 163 | < 0.001 |
Female | 111 | 64.2 | 57.1–71.3 | 24 | 13.9 | 8.7–19.1 | 38 | 22 | 15.8–28.2 | 173 | ||
Age group | <=50 | 9 | 13.2 | 5.2–21.2 | 28 | 41.2 | 29.5–52.9 | 31 | 45.6 | 33.8–57.4 | 68 | < 0.001 |
> 50 | 123 | 45.9 | 39.9–51.9 | 128 | 47.8 | 41.8–53.8 | 17 | 6.3 | 3.4–9.2 | 268 | ||
Education | No Secondary School | 79 | 57.7 | 49.4–66.0 | 53 | 38.7 | 30.5–46.9 | 5 | 3.6 | 0.5–6.7 | 137 | < 0.001 |
Highschool | 36 | 24.7 | 17.7–31.7 | 82 | 56.2 | 48.2–64.2 | 28 | 19.2 | 12.8–25.6 | 146 | ||
Degree/Diploma | 2 | 6.1 | -2.1-14.3 | 16 | 48.5 | 31.4–65.6 | 15 | 45.5 | 28.5–62.5 | 33 | ||
Nationality | GCC | 100 | 53.5 | 46.4–60.6 | 72 | 38.5 | 31.5–45.5 | 15 | 8 | 4.1–11.9 | 187 | < 0.001 |
Others | 19 | 20.2 | 12.1–28.3 | 54 | 57.4 | 47.4–67.4 | 21 | 22.3 | 13.9–30.7 | 94 |