Table 1 Item content and means of the Functional, Communicative and Critical HL scales
| Â | Mean | SD |
|---|---|---|
Functional health literacy | 3.39 | 0.75 |
   In reading instructions or leaflets from hospitals/pharmacies, you.... | ||
found that the print was too small to read | 3.19 | 1.12 |
found characters and words that you did not know | 3.41 | 0.88 |
found that the content was too difficult | 3.43 | 0.84 |
needed a long time to read and understand them | 3.27 | 1.04 |
needed someone to help you read them | 3.65 | 0.86 |
Communicative health literacy | 2.56 | 0.70 |
   Since being diagnosed with diabetes, you have.... |  |  |
collected information from various sources | 2.43 | 1.04 |
extracted the information you wanted | 2.18 | 1.00 |
understood the obtained information | 2.89 | 0.88 |
communicated your thoughts about your illness to someone | 2.70 | 0.91 |
applied the obtained information to your daily life | 2.60 | 0.99 |
Critical health literacy | 1.96 | 0.63 |
   Since being diagnosed with diabetes, you have.... |  |  |
considered whether the information was applicable to your situation | 2.71 | 0.98 |
considered the credibility of the information | 1.87 | 0.92 |
checked whether the information was valid and reliable | 1.76 | 0.96 |
collected information to make health-related decisions | 1.51 | 0.77 |