Health literacy and functional exercise adherence in postoperative breast cancer patients

Figures & data

Figure 1 A flowchart of the research methods.

Abbreviation: HL, health literacy.

Table 1 General information of postoperative breast cancer patients

Variables	N	%
Gender
Male	2	0.7
Female	284	99.3
Age (years)
<35	67	23.4
35–60	173	60.5
>60	46	16.1
Marital status
Single or never married	23	8.0
Married or cohabitating with someone	176	61.5
Widowed	35	12.2
Divorced or separated	52	18.3
Occupational workers
Workers	54	18.9
Farmers	67	23.4
Personnel of enterprises and institutions	56	19.6
Civil servants or managers	27	9.4
Self-employed	31	10.8
Freelancers	25	8.8
Other	26	9.1
Education
Elementary school or less	33	11.5
Middle school	81	28.3
High school	105	36.7
College level or more	67	23.5
Place of residence
Countryside	132	46.2
Town	84	29.4
City	70	24.4
Monthly allowance (yuan)
<1,000	58	20.3
1,000–2,999	88	30.8
3,000–4,999	105	36.7
5,000–9,999	29	10.1
10,000+	6	2.1
Types of Medicare
Insurance for urban employees	69	24.1
Insurance for urban residents	58	20.3
Rural health insurance	137	47.9
Other health insurance	12	4.2
No health insurance	10	3.5

Table 2 The scores of HL of breast cancer patients after radical mastectomy

Dimension type	Score range	Total score mean (mean ± SE)
Information acquisition ability	0–45	32.28±8.04
Ability to communicate and interact	0–45	28.43±4.67
Willingness to improve health	0–20	14.94±1.77
Economic support will	0–10	7.00±1.63
Total health literacy score	0–120	82.65±12.38

Abbreviations: HL, health literacy; SE, standard error.

Table 3 The scores of functional exercise compliance of breast cancer patients after radical mastectomy

Dimension type	Score range	Total score mean (mean ± SE)
Physical exercise compliance	0–36	18.94±2.36
Postoperative attention compliance	0–20	17.73±1.90
Proactively seek advice compliance	0–16	9.49±1.43
The total score of postoperative functional exercise compliance of breast cancer patients	0–72	46.16±3.88

Abbreviation: SE, standard error.

Table 4 The correlative analysis of patients’ HL and functional exercise compliance

Dimension type	Information acquisition ability	Ability to communicate and interact	Improvement of health will	Economic support will	Total health literacy score
Physical exercise compliance	0.430* (0.000)	0.148** (0.012)	0.175* (0.000)	0.555* (0.000)	0.433* (0.000)
Postoperative attention compliance	0.118** (0.047)	0.144** (0.015)	0.206* (0.000)	0.245* (0.000)	0.192* (0.000)
Proactively seek advice compliance	0.452* (0.000)	0.454* (0.000)	0.402* (0.000)	0.092 (0.119)	0.534* (0.000)
Total score of postoperative functional exercise compliance	0.486* (0.000)	0.328* (0.000)	0.355* (0.000)	0.492* (0.000)	0.555* (0.000)

Notes: Values within the parentheses represent the P-value.

* P<0.01;

** P<0.05.

Abbreviation: HL, health literacy.

Table 5 Logistic regression analysis of the total score of postoperative functional exercise compliance of breast cancer patients and factors influencing HL

Dimension type	B	t	Sig	EXP(B) 95% CI
				Lower limit	Upper limit
Information acquisition ability	0.122	3.842	0.000*	0.060	0.185
Ability to communicate and interact	0.097	1.922	0.000*	−0.002	0.196
Willingness to improve health	0.858	7.694	0.056	0.638	1.077
Economic support will	0.894	6.483	0.000*	0.623	1.166

Note:

* P<0.05.

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HL, health literacy; Sig, significance; EXP, exponential.