Optimising Health Literacy and Access of Service Provision to Community Dwelling Older People with Diabetes Receiving Home Nursing Support
Table 2
Health literacy questionnaire (HLQ) scale scores.
HLQ scale
Mean (standard deviation)
Possible scores for these scales range between 1 & 4
() Feeling understood and supported by healthcare providers
3.23 (0.44)
() Having sufficient information to manage my health
3.02 (0.43)
() Actively managing my health
2.99 (0.42)
() Social support for health
3.07 (0.48)
() Appraisal of health information
2.78 (0.42)
Possible scores for these scales range between 1 & 5
() Ability to actively engage with healthcare providers
3.99 (0.57)
() Navigating the healthcare system
3.79 (0.60)
() Ability to find good health information
3.55 (0.77)
() Understanding health information well enough to know what to do
3.72 (0.72)
For scales (1) to (5): a score of 1: strongly disagree; 2: disagree; 3: agree; 4: strongly agree. For scales (6) to (9): a score of 1: cannot do or always difficult; 2: usually difficult; 3: sometimes difficult; 4: usually easy; 5: always easy.
