Research Article
Development and Validation of the Health Literacy Assessment Instrument for Patients with Chronic Pain
Table 1
Respondents’ characteristics.
| Variable | N | % |
| Sex | Male | 91 | 38.4 | Female | 146 | 61.6 |
| Age (years) | 20–30 | 22 | 9.3 | 31–40 | 40 | 16.9 | 41–50 | 73 | 30.8 | 51–60 | 79 | 33.3 | >60 | 23 | 9.7 |
| Ethnicity | Han Chinese | 235 | 99.2 | Minority | 2 | 0.8 |
| Marital status | Unmarried | 15 | 6.3 | Married | 207 | 87.3 | Widowed | 2 | 0.8 | Divorced | 13 | 5.5 |
| Location | Rural area | 31 | 13.1 | Village | 75 | 31.7 | Urban area | 131 | 55.3 |
| Occupation | Laborer | 14 | 5.9 | Farmer | 13 | 5.5 | Government worker | 21 | 8.9 | Professional or technical personnel | 44 | 18.6 | Freelancer | 80 | 33.8 | Service personnel | 4 | 1.7 | Commercial worker | 5 | 2.1 | Unemployed | 41 | 17.3 | Retiree | 15 | 6.3 |
| Education level | Junior middle school or below | 36 | 15.2 | High school or vocational school | 104 | 43.9 | Technical/junior college | 39 | 16.6 | Bachelor’s degree or higher | 59 | 24.9 |
| Household income (RMB per month) | 0–999 | 7 | 3.0 | 1,000–2,999 | 13 | 5.5 | 3,000–4,000 | 40 | 16.9 | 5,000–9,990 | 79 | 33.3 | ≥10,000 | 98 | 41.4 |
| Method of paying medical costs | Health insurance | 193 | 81.4 | Self-payment | 23 | 9.7 | Public expense | 21 | 8.9 |
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