Health literacy as mediator between perception of illness and self-medication behaviour among outpatients in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: implication to primary healthcare nursing

Table 3 Relationship between participants’ characteristics and BRIEF, SMS, and PI scores

Factors	Group	N	BRIEF		SMS		PI
Factors	Group		Mean ± SD	p-value	Mean ± SD	p-value	Mean ± SD	p-value
Age		424	12.97 ± 3.32	0.039	27.46 ± 7.01	0.970	45.56 ± 7.69	0.786
Marital Status
	Single	202	13.25 ± 3.32	0.256	26.66 ± 6.34	0.078	45.52 ± 7.52	0.817
	Married	176	12.71 ± 3.50		28.25 ± 7.86		45.76 ± 8.12
	Separated/Divorced	46	12.78 ± 2.46		27.95 ± 6.05		44.95 ± 6.77
Educational Level
	Completed college	123	14.27 ± 3.47	0.001	28.92 ± 7.12	0.029	45.68 ± 7.51	0.005
	Did not complete college	162	12.33 ± 3.13		26.85 ± 6.67		44.48 ± 6.80
	Completed secondary	99	12.48 ± 3.16		26.42 ± 6.77		45.66 ± 8.82
	Elementary	40	12.80 ± 2.92		28.02 ± 8.03		49.30 ± 7.68
Nationality
	Saudi	205	12.43 ± 3.69	0.001	27.92 ± 7.11	0.195	45.53 ± 7.79	0.944
	Non-Saudi	219	13.48 ± 2.85		27.03 ± 6.91		45.58 ± 7.60
Occupation
	Blue- collar occupation	278	12.49 ± 3.14	0.001	26.93 ± 7.01	0.031	45.28 ± 7.62	0.313
	White- collar occupation	146	13.90 ± 3.46		28.47 ± 6.94		46.08 ± 7.81

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