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Table 4 Health Literacy Questionnaire domain scores between groups at the end of the intervention and at follow up

From: An education intervention to improve decision making and health literacy among older Australians: a randomised controlled trial

Post intervention n = 62/69 Follow up n = 62/69

Web/ DVD mean SD

Booklet mean SD

Unadjusted treatment effect (95% CI)

Unadjusted P

Adjusted treatment effect (95% CI)

Adjusted P

Partial Eta2

aHaving sufficient information to manage my health

3.1 (0.4)

3.0 (0.5)

0.1 (−0.0 to 0.2)

0.20

0.0 (− 0.1 to 0.2)

0.43

0.009

3.1 (0.5)

3.0 (0.4)

0.1 (− 0.0 to 0.2)

0.25

0.1 (− 0.0 to 0.2)

0.25

Feeling understood and supported by health care providers

3.3 (0.6)

3.3 (0.5)

0.0 (−0.1 to 0.1)

1.00

0.0 (−0.1 to 0.2)

0.84

0.007

3.4 (0.5)

3.3 (0.5)

0.0 (−0.1 to 0.2)

0.44

0.0 (− 0.1 to 0.2)

0.74

Actively managing my health

3.1 (0.4)

3.0 (0.5)

0.1 (−0.0 to 0.2)

0.20

0.0 (−0.1 to 0.2)

0.38

0.006

3.1 (0.5)

3.1 (0.4)

0.0 (−0.1 to 0.2)

0.56

−0.0 (− 0.2 to 0.1)

0.65

Social support for health

3.1 (0.4)

3.0 (0.5)

0.1 (−0.0 to 0.2)

0.20

0.0 (−0.0 to 0.31)

0.21

0.01

3.2 (0.5)

3.1 (0.5)

0.1 (−0.0 to 0.2)

0.27

0.1 (−0.0 to 0.2)

0.23

Appraisal of health information

2.9 (0.4)

3.0 (0.6)

−0.1 (− 0.2 to 0.0)

0.26

− 0.0 (− 0.2 to 0.1)

0.40

0.000

3.0 (0.4)

3.0 (0.5)

0.0 (− 0.1 to 0.1)

1.00

−0.0 (− 0.2 to 0.1)

0.74

bAbility to actively engage with health care providers

4.0 (0.6)

4.0 (0.6)

0.0 (−0.2 to 0.2)

1.0

−0.0 (− 0.2 to 0.1)

0.79

0.005

4.1 (0.6)

4.1 (0.5)

0.0 (−0.1 to 0.2)

0.70

−0.0 (0.2 to 0.1)

0.92

Understand health information well enough to know what to do

4.2 (0.5)

4.1 (0.5)

0.1 (−0.0 to 0.2)

0.25

−0.0 (− 0.2 to 0.5)

0.75

0.007

4.3 (0.5)

4.2 (0.5)

−0.0 (− 0.0 to 0.2

0.17

0.0 (− 0.1 to 0.2)

0.50

Ability to find good information

3.9 (0.5)

3.8 (0.6)

−0.1 (− 0.0 to 0.2)

0.30

− 0.0 (− 0.2 to 0.1)

0.92

0.007

4.0 (0.4)

3.8 (0.6)

0.1 (− 0.0 to 0.2)

0.20

0.0 (− 0.1 to 0.2)

0.52

Navigating the health care system

3.9 (0.5)

3.9 (0.6)

0.0 (−0.1 to 0.1)

1.00

−0.0 (− 0.2 to 0.1)

0.55

0.000

3.9 (0.4)

3.9 (0.5)

0.0 (− 0.1 to 0.1)

0.81

−0.0 (− 0.2 to 0.1)

0.72

  1. aHow strongly do you agree or disagree (1–4 point scale), b How easy or difficult are the following tasks for you to now cannot do to very easy (1–5 point scale)
  2. CI, confidence interval, treatment effect is mean difference