Research Article
Limited Functional Health Literacy, Health Information Sources, and Health Behavior among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Japan
Table 1
Distribution of responses and mean scores on the functional health literacy scale (
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| While reading instructions or leaflets from hospitals/pharmacies, you… | Number (%) | Means ± SD | Never | Seldom | Sometime | Often |
| Found the print too small to read | 182 (29.4) | 196 (31.6) | 155 (25.0) | 87 (14.0) | | Found characters and words that you did not know | 112 (18.1) | 185 (29.8) | 235 (37.9) | 88 (14.2) | | Found that the content was too difficult | 114 (18.4) | 197 (31.8) | 215 (34.7) | 94 (15.2) | | Needed a long time to read and understand | 114 (18.4) | 219 (35.3) | 188 (30.3) | 99 (16.0) | | Needed someone to help you read | 274 (44.2) | 132 (21.3) | 144 (23.2) | 70 (11.3) | |
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