Table 2. Distribution of sociodemographic characteristics by eHeLiOS-SB and eHEALS literacy categories (“good,” “moderate,” “low”).
| eHEALS | eHeLiOS-SB | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter | Low EHL ( n = 21) | Moderate EHL ( n = 41) | Good EHL ( n = 35) | p b | Low EHL ( n = 15) | Moderate EHL ( n = 41) | Good EHL ( n = 40) | p b |
| Age, mean (SD) | 63 (12) | 56 (12) | 49 (16) | 0.001 | 63 (10) | 59 (12) | 47 (15) | <0.001 |
| Gender, n (%) | ||||||||
| Female | 14 (67) | 29 (71) | 21 (60) | 0.61 | 11 (73) | 25 (61) | 27 (67) | 0.65 |
| Male | 7 (33) | 12 (29) | 14 (40) | 4 (27) | 16 (39) | 13 (33) | ||
| Race/ethnicity, n (%) a | ||||||||
| Hispanic | 5 (24) | 7 (17) | 9 (26) | 0.71 | 2 (13) | 9 (22) | 10 (25) | 0.89 |
| Black | 11 (52) | 28 (68) | 20 (57) | 11 (74) | 24 (58) | 24 (60) | ||
| Other | 5 (24) | 6 (15) | 6 (17) | 2 (13) | 8 (20) | 6 (15) | ||
| Type of insurance, n (%) | ||||||||
| Medicaid | 8 (38) | 18 (44) | 12 (34) | 0.68 | 8 (53) | 14 (34) | 16 (40) | 0.15 |
| Medicare | 6 (29) | 6 (15) | 7 (20) | 4 (27) | 11 (27) | 4 (10) | ||
| Private | 7 (33) | 17 (41) | 16 (46) | 3 (20) | 16 (39) | 20 (50) | ||
Abbreviations: eHEALS, eHealth Literacy Scale; eHeLiOS-SB, eHealth Literacy Objective Scale-Scenario Based; EHL, electronic health literacy; SD, standard deviation.
a
Information on race/ethnicity was unavailable for two male and two female participants.
b
A two-tailed t -test was used to compare male versus female age, and a Pearson's chi-square test was used to compare categorical variables between the male and female participants.