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Table 3 Demographic profile of participants in calibration and replication samples

From: The grounded psychometric development and initial validation of the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ)

 

Sample*

 

Calibration

Replication

Setting

    

 Barwon Health Emergency Department

160

25%

405

100%

 Cabrini Health community hospital

63

10%

  

 Home and Community Care

411

65%

  

Age (mean, SD)

64.7

19.1

49.2

19.7

Female

409

69%

246

61%

Assisted to complete form

111

19%

28

7%

Education

    

 Primary school or less

51

8%

8

2%

 High school (not completed)

160

25%

98

24%

 High school (completed)

137

22%

71

18%

 TAFE/Trade

191

30%

102

25%

 University

45

7%

122

30%

Private health insurance

316

55%

230

56%

Receive Government benefit

391

68%

185

45%

Live alone

187

33%

68

17%

Long-standing illness or disability (more than one possible)

    

 Musculoskeletal (arthritis, osteoporosis, back pain or other)

305

52%

212

52%

 Depression, anxiety or other mental health condition

118

20%

87

22%

 Heart disease

102

18%

43

11%

 Diabetes

91

16%

29

7%

 Asthma, emphysema or other respiratory condition

78

13%

73

18%

 Cancer

38

7%

25

6%

 Stroke, multiple sclerosis or other neurological condition

39

7%

16

4%

  1. * Number and percentage unless otherwise stated.