Table 3.

Nationally representative survey of the population in Germany: correlations (Pearson r and 2-tailed P value) between digital health literacy (information seeking and information appraisal) and physical health, mental health, life satisfaction, and health behaviors.

		Information seeking	Information appraisal	Physical health	Mental health	Life satisfaction	Exercise routine	Fruit consumption	Vegetable consumption	Soft drink consumption	Alcohol consumption	Cigarette consumption	Drug consumption
Information seeking
	r	1
	P value	—a
Information appraisal
	r	0.794b	1
	P value	<.001	—
Physical health
	r	.099b	0.150b	1
	P value	<.001	<.001	—
Mental health
	r	0.109b	0.156b	0.510b	1
	P value	<.001	<.001	<.001	—
Life satisfaction
	r	0.126b	0.157b	0.528b	0.698b	1
	P value	<.001	<.001	<.001	<.001	—
Exercise routines
	r	0.070b	0.096b	0.216b	0.123b	0.132b	1
	P value	.002	<.001	<.001	<.001	<.001	—
Fruit consumption
	r	0.061b	0.050c	0.077b	0.124b	0.127b	0.224b	1
	P value	.007	.026	<.001	<.001	<.001	<.001	—
Vegetable consumption
	r	0.099b	0.145b	0.084b	0.085b	0.111b	0.218b	0.485b	1
	P value	<.001	<.001	<.001	<.001	<.001	<.001	<.001	—
Soft drink consumption
	r	–0.036	–0.026	–0.056*	–0.088b	–0.100b	–0.120b	–0.190b	–0.161b	1
	P value	.104	.251	.012	<.001	<.001	<.001	<.001	<.001	—
Alcohol consumption
	r	–0.049*	–0.019	0.073b	0.126b	0.120b	–0.018	–0.023	0.024	–0.085b	1
	P value	.028	.389	.001	<.001	<.001	.414	.305	.285	<.001	—
Cigarette consumption
	r	–0.011	–0.037	–0.112b	–0.101b	–0.132b	–0.136b	–0.129b	–0.061b	0.100b	.000	1
	P value	.626	.102	<.001	<.001	<.001	<.001	<.001	.007	<.001	1.000	—
Drug consumption
	r	–0.015	.000	0.009	–0.031	–0.042	0.054c	–0.010	0.017	0.090b	–0.004	0.152b	1
	P value	.514	.984	.682	.166	.059	.016	.659	.457	<.001	.860	<.001	—

^aNot applicable.

^bCorrelation is significant at the .01 level (2-tailed).

^cCorrelation is significant at the .05 level (2-tailed).