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Table 1 s-TOFHLA results according to age, ethnicity, education and occupation

From: Health literacy skills in type 2 diabetes mellitus outpatients from an university-affiliated hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

N

Health literacy (N, %)

Inadequate

Marginal

Adequate

Age (years)

    

≤ 45

21

0 (0)

2 (9.5)

19 (90.5)

46 – 60

62

8 (12.9)

6 (9.7)

48 (77.4)

≥ 61

67

15 (22.4)

9 (13.4)

43 (64.2)

Ethnicity

    

 Caucasian

42

3 (7.1)

2 (4.8)

37 (88.1)

 Afro-Brazilian

55

13 (23.6)

7 (12.7)

35 (63.7)

 Multi

53

7 (13.2)

8 (15.1)

38 (71,7)

 Education

    

 Less than 10 yrs

74

21 (28.4)

12 (16.2)

41 (55.4)

 10 to 12 yrs

61

2 (3.3)

5 (8.2)

54 (88.5)

 College or higher

15

0 (0)

0 (0)

15 (100)

Occupation

    

 1 and 2

4

0 (0)

0 (0)

4 (100)

 3

27

2 (7.4)

1 (3.7)

24 (88.9)

 4

31

3 (9.7)

2 (6.5)

26 (83.8)

 5 and 6

22

2 (9.1)

5 (22.7)

15 (68.2)

 7

66

16 (24.2)

9 (13.7)

41 (62.1)