Health Literacy Status and Understanding of the Prescription Instructions in Diabetic Patients

<div class="floats-full-page floats-full-page-other"><h2>Table 4</h2><div class="floats-full-page-caption"><div>Correct interpretation of prescription medication instruction by diabetic patients based on their health literacy levels.</div></div><div class="floats-full-page-content"><table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr /></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="3">Questions</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Health literacy level</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="3"><svg height="8.68572pt" id="M19" style="vertical-align:-0.0498209pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 8.15071 8.68572" width="8.15071pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M600 480C600 590 528 650 384 650H143L137 622C222 614 225 607 210 531L130 127C113 41 106 36 23 28L17 0H294L300 28C204 36 195 42 212 127L243 284L314 263C327 263 339 263 352 264C465 271 600 337 600 480ZM508 481C508 351 402 304 329 304C289 304 265 311 250 317L295 559C302 594 310 606 323 611C335 616 350 619 367 619C455 619 508 573 508 481Z" id="g113-81"></path></g></svg> value</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">Low (<svg height="8.55521pt" id="M20" style="vertical-align:-0.2063904pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.34882 40.3636 8.55521" width="40.3636pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M495 86L479 114C446 82 419 66 409 66C401 66 401 72 406 97C420 166 436 231 453 297C489 435 454 448 428 448C406 448 384 439 354 422C305 394 222 327 161 247H159L183 345C200 415 194 448 173 448C143 448 82 410 23 351L38 325C64 349 95 371 105 371C111 371 116 365 109 336L25 -4L31 -12C50 -4 77 3 107 9C119 69 132 122 145 168C197 254 321 381 370 381C387 381 393 374 378 305L329 95C309 17 320 -12 345 -12C372 -12 430 19 495 86Z" 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transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,33.901,0)"><path d="M244 635C114 635 38 519 38 422C38 317 111 240 217 240C236 240 255 244 277 256L345 292C311 140 203 39 59 15L64 -15C89 -15 150 -5 204 17C339 72 440 202 440 386C440 521 368 635 244 635ZM228 602C326 602 352 479 352 390C352 370 351 347 348 324C327 308 293 296 258 296C174 296 124 369 124 458C124 517 152 602 228 602Z" id="g113-58"></path></g></svg>)</td><td class="align_center">High (<svg height="8.55521pt" id="M21" style="vertical-align:-0.2063904pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.34882 34.1002 8.55521" width="34.1002pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M495 86L479 114C446 82 419 66 409 66C401 66 401 72 406 97C420 166 436 231 453 297C489 435 454 448 428 448C406 448 384 439 354 422C305 394 222 327 161 247H159L183 345C200 415 194 448 173 448C143 448 82 410 23 351L38 325C64 349 95 371 105 371C111 371 116 365 109 336L25 -4L31 -12C50 -4 77 3 107 9C119 69 132 122 145 168C197 254 321 381 370 381C387 381 393 374 378 305L329 95C309 17 320 -12 345 -12C372 -12 430 19 495 86Z" id="g113-111"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,10.158,0)"><path d="M535 323V373H52V323H535ZM535 138V188H52V138H535Z" id="g117-34"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,21.421,0)"><path d="M412 140C382 77 369 73 315 73H129L270 222C362 320 402 379 402 466C402 571 322 635 234 635C177 635 130 609 99 576L42 495L64 475C90 514 133 568 201 568C274 568 318 519 318 435C318 349 255 267 193 193C144 135 87 78 32 23V0H405C417 45 427 89 440 131L412 140Z" id="g113-51"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,27.661,0)"><path d="M456 178V225H360V632H320C217 496 115 347 20 206V178H280V106C280 40 276 34 189 27V0H445V27C364 34 360 39 360 106V178H456ZM280 225H82C149 335 214 431 278 520H280V225Z" id="g113-53"></path></g></svg>)</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">Scores 0–60</td><td class="align_center">Scores 61–66</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">For route of administration (%)</td><td class="align_center">183 (76.6)</td><td class="align_center">24 (100)</td><td class="align_center">0.008</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Frequency of intake in a day (%)</td><td class="align_center">161 (67.4)</td><td class="align_center">24 (100)</td><td class="align_center">0.001</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Number of tablets per dose (%)</td><td class="align_center">148 (61.9)</td><td class="align_center">24 (100)</td><td class="align_center">&lt;0.001</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Relation of intake of drug with food (%)</td><td class="align_center">151 (63.2)</td><td class="align_center">24 (100)</td><td class="align_center">&lt;0.001</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Drug is for diabetes or other condition (%)</td><td class="align_center">161 (67.4)</td><td class="align_center">24 (100)</td><td class="align_center">0.001</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr" /></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></div>

Table 4 | Health Literacy Status and Understanding of the Prescription Instructions in Diabetic Patients

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