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Table 4 Relationship of quantitative variables and UTI prevention behaviors, self-efficacy and health literacy

From: Examining health literacy and self-efficacy levels and their association with preventive behaviors of urinary tract infection in Iranian pregnant women: across sectional study

Variables(n = 238)

Health literacy

Self-efficacy

Preventive behaviors

 

R

p-value

R

p-value

R

p-value

Age

-0.057

0.385

0.203

0.002

0.230

0.001

Gestational age

-0.043

0.506

-0.014

0.828

-0.012

0.859

Weight

-0.042

0.524

0.019

0.775

0.070

0.280

Height

-0.012

0.855

-0.095

0.145

-0.098

0.131

BMI

0.068

0.294

0.054

0.403

0.068

0.294

Self-efficacy

0.881

0.001

1

0.001

0.998

0.001

Health literacy

1

-

0.881

0.001

0.959

0.001

Preventive behaviors

0.959

0.001

0.998

0.001

1

-

  1. P-value shows whether the correlation coefficient is significant or not; R-value shows the level of correlation between variables.