Table 2 Descriptive results of cognitive reading ability (Nieden) and reading comprehension by sex
Characteristic | Male | Female | Total | Mean in sec. | Median in sec. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |||
Cognitive reading ability | ||||||||
Text no 7 (largest font size) | 375 | (95.18) | 366 | (94.82) | 741 | (95.00) | 8.14 | 7.59 |
Text no 6 | 350 | (88.83) | 347 | (89.90) | 697 | (89.36) | 15.51 | 14.63 |
Text no 5 | 271 | (68.78) | 280 | (72.54) | 551 | (70.64) | 21.94 | 21.74 |
Text no 4 | 197 | (50.00) | 204 | (52.85) | 401 | (51.41) | 22.11 | 21.96 |
Text no 3 | 34 | (8.63) | 26 | (6.74) | 60 | (7.69) | 26.47 | 27.31 |
Text no 2 | 4 | (1.02) | 1 | (0.26) | 5 | (0.64) | 26.81 | 26.57 |
Text no 1 (smallest font size) | 3 | (0.76) | 0 | (0.00) | 3 | (0.38) | 26.50 | 26.51 |
No text could be read | 3 | (0.76) | 4 | (1.04) | 7 | (0.90) | – | – |
Missing | 16 | (4.06) | 16 | (4.15) | 32 | (4.10) | – | – |
Reading comprehension | ||||||||
Ability to find a predefined phone number | ||||||||
No | 17 | (4.31) | 15 | (3.89) | 32 | (4.10) | ||
Yes | 361 | (91.62) | 355 | (91.97) | 716 | (91.79) | ||
Missing | 16 | (4.06) | 16 | (4.15) | 32 | (4.10) | ||
Time to find a predefined phone number, in sec. | ||||||||
≤ 10 | 58 | (14.72) | 68 | (17.62) | 126 | (16.15) | ||
> 10 ≤ 20 | 110 | (27.92) | 123 | (31.87) | 233 | (29.87) | ||
> 20 ≤ 30 | 71 | (18.02) | 67 | (17.36) | 138 | (17.69) | ||
> 30 ≤ 40 | 42 | (10.66) | 34 | (8.81) | 76 | (9.74) | ||
> 40 ≤ 50 | 29 | (7.36) | 20 | (5.18) | 49 | (6.28) | ||
> 50 | 50 | (12.69) | 40 | (10.36) | 90 | (11.54) | ||
Missing | 34 | (8.63) | 34 | (8.81) | 68 | (8.72) | ||