Patient characteristics
| Overall sample | Generalised logit model | Patient’s HL | |||
| Inadequate | Problematic | Adequate | |||
| % (N) | % (N) | % (N) | % (N) | % (N) | |
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 63 (919) | 63.9 (878) | 60.7 (122) | 63.2 (189) | 64.8 (567) |
| Missing values | 1 (14) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Age | |||||
| 18–24 years | 4 (57) | 3.9 (54) | 5.5 (11) | 5.0 (15) | 3.2 (28) |
| 25–34 years | 11 (154) | 10.4 (143) | 12.4 (25) | 12.7 (38) | 9.1 (80) |
| 35–44 years | 13 (192) | 13.2 (182) | 12.9 (26) | 13.4 (40) | 13.3 (116) |
| 45–54 years | 20 (294) | 20.2 (278) | 13.4 (27) | 14.0 (42) | 23.9 (209) |
| 55–64 years | 21 (311) | 21.5 (296) | 25.4 (51) | 19.7 (59) | 21.3 (186) |
| 65–74 years | 19 (283) | 19.3 (265) | 18.4 (37) | 22.1 (66) | 18.5 (162) |
| 75–84 years | 10 (153) | 9.7 (134) | 9.0 (18) | 11.4 (34) | 9.4 (82) |
| 85–104 years | 2 (25) | 1.7 (23) | 3.0 (6) | 1.7 (5) | 1.4 (12) |
| Mean age (SD) | 54.8 (16.5) | 54.6 (16.4) | 54.1 (17.4) | 54.7 (17.7) | 54.7 (15.7) |
| Missing values | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Educational attainment | |||||
| No formal education | 3.9 (54) | 3.9 (54) | 7.0 (14) | 5.0 (15) | 2.9 (25) |
| Primary education | 7.6 (107) | 7.6 (104) | 11.9 (24) | 8.0 (24) | 6.4 (56) |
| Secondary education | 40.2 (563) | 40.3 (554) | 42.8 (86) | 42.5 (127) | 39.0 (341) |
| Higher education | 48.2 (675) | 48.2 (663) | 38.3 (77) | 44.5 (133) | 51.8 (453) |
| Missing values | 5 (70) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Duration of GP–patient relationship | |||||
| <1 year | 9.8 (143) | 9.5 (130) | 11.9 (24) | 9.0 (27) | 9.0 (79) |
| 1–5 years | 29.9 (435) | 30.0 (412) | 30.3 (61) | 34.8 (104) | 28.2 (247) |
| 6–10 years | 15.4 (225) | 15.5 (213) | 14.4 (29) | 14.0 (42) | 16.2 (142) |
| >10 years | 44.8 (652) | 45.1 (620) | 43.3 (87) | 42.1 (126) | 46.5 (407) |
| Missing values | 1 (14) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Total N | 1469 | 1375 | 201 | 299 | 875 |
GP, general practitioner; HL, health literacy.