Table 5 Confidence performing individual functional health tasks
Baseline selecting mostly/very | Follow-up selecting mostly/very | Difference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | n (%) | N | n (%) | % | |
Confidence | |||||
Telling the doctor what is wrong | 20 | 13 (65) | 19 | 11 (58) | -7 |
Understanding the doctor | 20 | 6 (30) | 18 | 16 (89) | +59 |
Reading and understanding medicine labels | 20 | 5 (25) | 18 | 12 (67) | +42 |
Filling out medical forms | 18 | 4 (22) | 18 | 6 (33) | +11 |
Preventing problems with your health | 17 | 9 (53) | 19 | 15 (79) | +26 |
Reading and understanding food labels | 19 | 10 (53) | 18 | 15 (83) | +30 |
Planning a healthy eating plan | 19 | 11 (58) | 18 | 14 (78) | +20 |
Using a thermometer | 18 | 12 (67) | 17 | 12 (71) | +4 |