The relationship between health literacy and empowerment in pregnant women: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Mean score of health literacy and empowerment with their dimensions in pregnant women

Variables	Minimum	Maximum	Mean	SD^a	Correlation with empowerment
Variables	Minimum	Maximum	Mean	SD^a	r	P-value^†
Reading	0.0	100.0	82.12	17.60	0.03	0.543
Access	0.0	100.0	73.78	17.52	0.18	0.001
Understand	10.71	100.0	88.52	13.48	0.11	0.038
Evaluation	18.75	100.0	78.76	16.97	0.18	0.001
Decision-making	25.0	100.0	77.54	15.65	0.33	< 0.001
Health literacy ^b	13.63	100.0	80.03	12.79	0.26	< 0.001
Self-efficacy	6.0	24.0	18.35	2.86	-	-
Picture of future	7.0	24.0	16.15	2.78	-	-
Self-esteem	14.0	25.0	19.50	2.08	-	-
Support and approval	8.0	16.0	13.33	1.89	-	-
The pleasure of adding someone to the family	8.0	16.0	12.92	1.73	-	-
Empowerment^c	58.0	104.0	80.30	8.14	-	-

^†Pearson correlation test; ^aSD Standard Deviation; ^bScore range of health literacy and their dimensions are between 0 to 100; ^cScore range of empowerment is between 28 to 108 and score of their dimensions are self-efficacy (6 to 24), picture of future (6 to 24), self-esteem (7 to 28), support and approval from others (4 to 16), pleasure of adding someone to the family (4 to 16)

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