Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants admitted in two urban tertiary care hospitals’ medical units
From: Impact of low health literacy on patients’ health outcomes: a multicenter cohort study
Patients Characteristics | n (%) 174 | Health Literacy | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inadequate | Marginal | Adequate | |||
56 (32.0) | 31 (18.0) | 87 (50.0) | |||
% | % | % | |||
Age Group (in years) | < 0.05 | ||||
Under 65 | 92 (53) | 20.0 | 14.4 | 65.6 | |
65 and over | 82 (47) | 45.6 | 22.8 | 31.7 | |
Sexa | > 0.05 | ||||
Male | 79 (46) | 30.4 | 19.0 | 50.6 | |
Female | 94 (54) | 33.0 | 17.0 | 50.0 | |
Employment Status | < 0.05 | ||||
Disabled | 35 (20) | 34.3 | 17.1 | 48.6 | |
Retired | 84 (48) | 42.9 | 20.2 | 36.9 | |
Full time | 41 (24) | 9.8 | 17.1 | 73.2 | |
Other | 14 (8) | 28.6 | 7.1 | 64.3 | |
Household Income | < 0.05 | ||||
No income- $20,000 | 37 (21) | 46.0 | 18.9 | 35.1 | |
$20,000-$40,000 | 36 (21) | 30.6 | 27.8 | 41.7 | |
$40,000- $74,999 | 25 (14) | 24.0 | 16.0 | 60.0 | |
$75,000+ | 36 (21) | 16.7 | 8.3 | 75.0 | |
Not stated | 40 (23) | 40.0 | 17.5 | 42.5 | |
Marital Status | =0.05 | ||||
Single/Never married | 40 (23) | 27.5 | 22.5 | 50.0 | |
Divorced/Separated or Widowed | 58 (33) | 39.7 | 24.1 | 36.2 | |
Married | 76 (44) | 29.0 | 10.5 | 60.5 | |
Educationb | < 0.05 | ||||
Some high school or less | 64 (37) | 56.3 | 18.7 | 25.0 | |
Complete high school | 33 (19) | 30.3 | 15.2 | 54.6 | |
Some college | 22 (13) | 9.1 | 27.3 | 63.6 | |
Complete college | 54 (31) | 13.0 | 14.8 | 72.2 | |
Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) (mean, SD) | 3.10 (2.7) | 4.7 (2.7) | 3.3 (2.2) | 2.0 (2.2) | > 0.05 |
Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) (median, IQR) | 3.00 (4.0) | 4.0 (3.0) | 3.0 (3.0) | 2.0 (3.0) | > 0.05 |